About the Event:
Join us for an engaging discussion as panelists explore expectations for COP17 and share insights drawn from the lessons learned and successes of COP15 in Montreal. Special attention will be given to developing transformative, innovative, and effective approaches to COP17 and exploring the multitude of opportunities that will follow.
The event is part of the Talk Series “From Montreal to Yerevan: An Armenian-Quebec dialogue on the path to COP17,” organized by the AUA Acopian Center for the Environment and la Société pour la nature et les parcs (SNAP Québec). It is also hosted within the framework of the Road to COP17 Initiative, a year-long series of activities in Armenia to boost national awareness and capacities ahead of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to be held in Yerevan, Armenia, from October 19 to 30, 2026.
The event will take place on March 26 at 7:00 p.m. (Yerevan time) | 11:00 a.m. (Quebec time).
About the Speakers:
Panelists:
Steven Guilbeault, Former Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Canada; co-host, COP15 Montreal
Alice de Swarte, Strategy Advisor, SNAP Quebec
Aram Meymaryan, Deputy Minister of Environment, Republic of Armenia
Moderator:
Alen Gasparian Amirkhanian, Director, AUA Acopian Center for the Environment
Third-party Sponsor(s):
SNAP Quebec, Road to COP17 (which includes the Ministry of Environment and CBD secretariat)
Zoom Link:
To attend the meeting, please click here.
If you have questions, write to us at [email protected].