Abu Dhabi, UAE
9-15 October 2025
The IUCN World Conservation Congress is the largest gathering of nature conservation experts leaders and decision-makers in the world. It will help shape global priorities for nature conservation and climate change for the coming decade and beyond.
IUCN’s 1400+ government, civil society and Indigenous peoples’ Member organisations vote on major issues to help guide humanity’s relationship with our planet.
The Congress is also the largest marketplace for conservation and sustainable development science, practice and policy. Scientists, policy experts, business leaders and professionals from around the globe share their experience, innovation and latest research.
IUCN’s unique convening power of state and non-state actors together gives Congress a powerful mandate to set the nature conservation agenda for decades to come.
