COP30: Birds Show Us the Way to Climate Solutions
This month, Audubon experts will travel to the heart of the Amazon rainforest—not to study birds in the wild (at least not this time), but to...
Audubon and the Global Conservation Community
Audubon brings more than a century of science and practical, on-the-ground experience, helping translate global biodiversity and climate commitments into results for birds and people across the Americas.
Sanderlings. Photo: Kevin Lohman/Audubon Photography Awards
Why Birds Matter for Global Conservation
Birds are powerful indicators of ecosystem health and climate impacts, crossing borders, ecosystems, and communities, and demonstrating the interconnected biodiversity challenges countries are working to address through the Global Biodiversity Framework. Audubon brings more than a century of science and practical, on-the-ground experience across the Americas, helping translate global biodiversity and climate commitments into results for birds, people, and the planet. Through engagement with partners across the globe at meetings like United Nations Climate Change Conferences (known as COPs), Audubon demonstrates how science, partnerships, policy, and conservation action connect these global agendas and turn ambition into action.
Audubon at Biodiversity COP17: Birds Show Us Where to Act
The 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) will take place in Yerevan, Armenia from October 19-30, 2026. COP17 is an important moment in the continued international conversation about how to turn global biodiversity commitments into action, including the global goal of conserving 30 percent of lands and waters by 2030, known as 30x30. It is also an opportunity to advance solutions that benefit birds and biodiversity while strengthening climate resilience for people and communities.
The birds are showing us the way—now it’s up to us to follow.
Audubon at CBD COP17
Audubon will bring more than a century of science, conservation, and policy experience to the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia.
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Audubon at COP31: How Birds and Climate Solutions Intersect
The 31st meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Antalya, Türkiye from November 9-20, 2026. As the world comes together to agree on the actions needed to address the climate crisis, the decisions made at COP31 will help determine our ability to protect both the birds and the planet for generations to come. During COP31, Audubon will bring attention to the need for scaling natural climate solutions and responsibly advancing clean energy and transmission.
Climate Week NYC 2026
Climate Week NYC (September 20-27, 2026) focused on the energy, the impact, and the action that we drive together. As a proud sponsor, Audubon engaged in discussions emphasizing a collaborative, science-based approach to advancing practical solutions to the interconnected challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss.
Audubon at Climate Week NYC
This year, Climate Week NYC (September 20-27, 2026) will focus on the energy, the impact, and the action that we drive together. As a proud sponsor, Audubon will take part in discussions emphasizing a collaborative, science-based approach to advancing practical solutions to the interconnected challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss.
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Audubon at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
Audubon sent a delegation to IUCN World Conservation Congress, a once-every-four-years gathering of nature conservation experts, leaders and decision-makers from around the world, hosted this year October 9-15 in Abu Dhabi.
Our delegates hosted two presentations. “Soaring Seas: Seabirds and Emerging Opportunities for International Marine Conservation” featured Project Puffin—a rare conservation success built over five decades of dedication that has successfully restored Atlantic Puffins and other seabirds to the Gulf of Maine, and is evolving to tackle new global challenges through science, policy, and collaboration.
“It Starts With Birds” built on Audubon’s landmark Survival by Degrees report—which revealed how climate change threatens two-thirds of North American bird species—to introduce a forthcoming study that expands this research across Latin America, spotlighting vulnerable forest birds and the ecosystems they depend on, while underscoring how science-based tools like climate strongholds guide conservation priorities and help align biodiversity conservation with natural climate solutions.
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