Global Forum Calendar

UNGA 81 Main Committee Session

October–December 2026 / New York  / Event website

Focus: After the September General Debate, the Assembly’s six main committees negotiate the substantive agenda, the working phase in which most resolutions are decided, and civil society engages on specific issues.

First Committee: (Disarmament & International Security): October 1 – November 6, 2026

Second Committee: (Economic & Financial): early October – mid-November 2026

Third Committee: (Social, Humanitarian & Cultural): October 1 – November 20, 2026

Fourth Committee: (Special Political & Decolonization): October 1 – November 18, 2026

Fifth Committee: (Administrative & Budgetary): October – late December 2026

Sixth Committee: (Legal): October 5 – November 20, 2026 (incl. International Law Week Oct 26-30)

Conference of Parties (COP31) – UN Climate Change Conference

November 9-20, 2026 / Antalya  / Event website

Heads of State Summit: 11-12th November

Significance: 31st Conference of the Parties to UNFCCC

Key focus: Implementation, finance, and a just transition.

World Conference on Marine Biodiversity

November 17-20, 2026 / Bruges  / Event website

Theme: The marine biodiversity insights we need for the ocean we want

UN Water Conference

December 8-10, 2026 / Abu Dhabi  / Event website

Co-Hosts: Senegal and United Arab Emirates

Focus: Accelerate progress on SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, promoting investment, innovation, and global cooperation to build a water-secure future.

2026 G20 Summit

December 14-15, 2026 / Miami  / Event website

Host: United States of America

Focus: Annual meeting of leaders from the world’s major economies (19 countries + EU + African Union) to tackle key global issues like economic stability, climate change, sustainable development, and health, evolving from a finance-focused group to the premier forum for international economic cooperation. 

Themes: Unleashing economic prosperity by limiting regulatory burdens. Unlocking affordable and secure energy supply chains. Pioneering new technologies and innovations.

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2027

January 18-22, 2027 / Davos

Focus: Public-private cooperation to tackle five key challenges: cooperation in a contested world, unlocking growth, investing in people, deploying innovation, and building prosperity within planetary limits, with a strong emphasis on dialogue and collective action for global solutions. 

Theme: TBD

South Africa Regional Meeting: The World Economic Forum has announced plans to revive its Africa summit in 2027, with South Africa selected to host this “Spring Davos”.

Global Government Leaders’ Forum

January 18-22, 2027 / Singapore  / Event website

Focus: Co-hosted with the Singapore public service, gathering senior public-sector leaders to discuss public-sector transformation and digital governance.

World Governments Summit 2027

February 1-3, 2027 / Dubai  / Event website

Focus: Brings together more than 6,000 delegates, heads of state, and ministers to shape the future of governance, public policy, and disruptive technologies, including AI.

63rd Munich Security Conference (MSC)

February 12-14, 2027 / Munich  / Event website

Focus: The world’s leading forum on international security and foreign policy, convening heads of state, ministers, and senior decision-makers to address pressing global security challenges.

Infrastructure Investor Global Summit

February 22-25, 2027 / Berlin  / Event website

Focus: A leading international gathering for global infrastructure investment, centering on sustainable capital deployment and energy-transition infrastructure.

Mobile World Congress (MWC Barcelona)

March 1-4, 2027 / Barcelona  / Event website

Focus: The world’s largest connectivity event, organized by the GSMA, bringing together tech leaders, operators, and regulators on 5G/6G advances, AI infrastructure, and digital policy.

International Solidarity Forum (ISF 2027)

March 1-5, 2027 / New York  / Event website

Focus: The 24th annual youth conference organized by the World Youth Alliance, featuring expert lectures and UN-style regional negotiations to draft a joint outcome declaration.

Theme: “From Conception: WYA International Solidarity Forum on Surrogacy.”

UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW71)

March 8-19, 2027 / New York  / Event website

Focus: The UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality, operating alongside a large parallel NGO CSW Forum for grassroots and civil-society participants.

Priority Theme: Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Review Theme: Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental, and disaster risk reduction policies and programs.

11th World Water Forum

March 22-28, 2027 / Riyadh  / Event website

Focus: Convened every three years with the World Water Council, featuring a dedicated Citizens’ segment for civil society and community water governance.

Theme: “Action for a Better Future,” organized around six sub-themes: Water Security; Water Governance & Diplomacy; Water for Humans & Nature; Water Finance; Innovation for Water; and Value of Water.

13th EDCTP Forum

April 5-9, 2027 / Madrid  / Event website

Focus: The biennial forum of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership — a cornerstone event for global health research on infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, convening roughly 1,500 researchers, policymakers, funders, regulators, and civil-society representatives from across Europe and Africa.

Theme: “Innovating together for resilient global health.”

Second International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels

April TBD, 2027 / Tuvalu  / Event website

Focus: The second summit of the “Santa Marta Process” — the first international forum on transitioning away from fossil fuels convened outside the UNFCCC consensus framework. Co-hosted by Tuvalu and Ireland (main conference in Tuvalu, pre-conference in Ireland), and building on the inaugural 2025 conference of 57 nations, it convenes governments and civil society around three workstreams: national and regional phase-out roadmaps, trade policy, and finance and debt.

UN ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development Follow-up (FfD)

April TBD, 2027 / New York  / Event website

Focus: A UN intergovernmental forum reviewing implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and SDG financing, featuring a Special High-level Meeting with the IMF, World Bank, WTO, and UNCTAD. Civil society, the business sector, and local authorities participate alongside member states.

World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa

April TBD, 2027 / South Africa  / Event website

Focus: The WEF’s flagship Africa summit (“Spring Davos”), returning after a seven-year hiatus — a regional multistakeholder platform convening heads of state, business, civil society, and academia on African economic integration, the AfCFTA, energy transition, digitalization, and large-scale job creation.

Impact Investor Global Summit

May TBD, 2027 / London  / Event website

Focus: The leading global gathering on impact and transition investing, convening institutional investors, allocators, and fund managers on how private capital can be mobilised for net-zero energy transitions and measurable social and environmental outcomes.

26th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

May 10-21, 2027 / New York  / Event website

Focus: The largest global gathering of Indigenous Peoples and a high-level advisory body to UN ECOSOC, convening Indigenous representatives, member states, UN entities, and civil society across its six mandated areas: economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health, and human rights — with reference to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.