World Federation for Animals

World Wildlife Day 2025
2025-03-03

30th Session of the International Seabed Authority Assembly and Council (Part I)
2025-03-17 - 2025-03-28 | ISA Council, ISBAHQ 2nd Floor, 14-20 Port Royal St, Kingston, Jamaica

BBNJ PrepCom I
2025-04-14 - 2025-04-25

World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings
2025-04-21 - 2025-04-26

World Health Assembly
2025-05-19 - 2025-05-27 | Palais des Nations, 8, Av. de la Paix 14, Geneva, 1202 Genève

World Environment Day 2025
2025-06-05

2025 UN Ocean Conference
2025-06-09 - 2025-06-13
The high-level 2025 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (the 2025 UN Ocean Conference) will be co-hosted by France and Costa Rica and held in Nice, France, from 9 – 13 June 2025.
The overarching theme of the Conference is “Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean”. The Conference aims to support further and urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development and identify further ways and means to support the implementation of SDG 14. It will build on existing instruments to form successful partnerships towards the swift conclusion and effective implementation of ongoing processes that contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean.

UNFCCC Intersessional Meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies
2025-06-16 - 2025-06-26 | UNFCCC, Bonn, Germany

Business of Saving Lives
2025-06-18 - 2025-06-20, 2025-10-22 - 2025-10-24 | Helen Woodward Animal Center, CA, United States
Join members of Helen Woodward Animal Center’s management team at the Center’s campus, located in beautiful Rancho Santa Fe, California. The conference will leave you and your team inspired, motivated, and fully equipped to take on the challenges of creating or expanding your own animal center while learning topics such as fundraising, adoption marketing techniques, public relations, social media, and accounting.

UFAW International Animal Welfare Conference 2025
2025-06-24 - 2025-06-26

30th Session of the International Seabed Authority Assembly and Council (Part II)
2025-07-07 - 2025-07-25

High-Level Political Forum
2025-07-14 - 2025-07-23 | UN Headquarters, 405 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017, New York City, NY, United States
The theme of the HLPF is “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind”.

2nd UN Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+4)
2025-07-28 - 2025-07-30

BBNJ PrepCom II
2025-08-18 - 2025-08-29

AfA Conference
2025-08-25 - 2025-08-29 | Taipei Marriott Hotel, No. 199號, Lequn 2nd Rd, Zhongshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan 10491, Taipei, Taiwan

The 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80)
2025-09-09 - 2025-09-23 | UN Headquarters, 405 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017, New York City, NY, United States

World Animal Day
2025-10-04

IUCN World Conservation Congress
2025-10-09 - 2025-10-15 | Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Al Khaleej Al Arabi St - Al Rawdah - W59 01 - Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

UNFCCC COP30
2025-11-10 - 2025-11-21

Just transition in agriculture & food systems: Roadmaps & perspectives
2025-11-12 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Belem) | Side Event Room 9, Blue Zone
In this UNFCCC COP30 side event, World Animal Protection, ACF, ActionAid, Brighter Green, and Mighty Earth discuss pathways for a sustainable, resilient, and humane transformation of global food systems.

From synergies to action: animals as the missing link
2025-11-14 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Belem) | Side Event Room 8
In this UNFCCC COP30 side event, WFA, with Aquatic Life Institute, IFAW, Eurogroup for Animals, and Sinergia Animal, demonstrates how integrating animal welfare can help Parties operationalise Rio Convention synergies.

Nourishing climate action: Policy tools for climate-aligned and resilient food systems
2025-11-14 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Belem) | Side Event Room 6, Blue Zone
In this UNFCCC COP30 side event, Compassion in World Farming, ProVeg e.V., Food Tank, Humane Society International (HSI), and GFI present practical policy tools for creating climate-aligned food systems.

Achieving food and nutrition security, climate, nature, and development goals through food systems
2025-11-15 16:45 - 18:15 (America/Belem) | Side Event Room 3, Blue Zone
In this UNFCCC COP30 side event, Mercy For Animals and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) explore how transformed food systems can simultaneously address nutrition security, climate, biodiversity, and development challenges.

Wild animals from the Polar regions to the Amazon: An important climate tool for ecosystem resilience
2025-11-15 17:00 - 18:15 (America/Belem) | Cryosphere Pavilion
In this UNFCCC COP30 side event, WFA explores how wild animals across diverse ecosystems contribute to climate resilience and why protecting them is crucial for mitigation strategies.

Integrating food, climate, and biodiversity: Pathways for ambitious NDCs
2025-11-19 11:30 - 12:15 (America/Belem) | Nordic Pavilion
In this UNFCCC COP30 side event, WFA, CIWF, and Animal Protection Denmark demonstrate how countries can strengthen their National Determined Contributions (NDCs) by integrating food systems, climate, and biodiversity goals.

Enabling holistic NDCs: Tools for integrated climate, biodiversity, and food system action
2025-11-20 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Belem) | CGIAR FAO Food & Agriculture Pavilion
In this UNFCCC COP30 side event, WFA, Aquatic Life Institute, Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT, Biovision Foundation, International Water Management Institute, and the Ministry of Climate Change of Malawi present practical tools for governments to create more ambitious, integrated climate plans.

CITES CoP20
2025-11-24 - 2025-12-05

WFA Debrief on COP30: Insights for animals
2025-11-26 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Berlin)
What did COP30 mean for animals? Join the World Federation for Animals (WFA) for our second Debrief Session, where we will break down the most important outcomes for animals from this year’s climate negotiations in Belém.
We will discuss progress on the Sharm el-Sheikh Joint Work on Agriculture and Food Security, the Global Goal on Adaptation, and new areas of cooperation across international processes. We will explore where countries aligned, where momentum stalled, and what these developments signal for the role of animals in climate policy.
This session will highlight the key takeaways you need to know and outline what comes next for collective animal advocacy.
The session will have live translation in Spanish and Portuguese.

Open-ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-7)
2025-12-01 - 2025-12-05 | UN Nairobi, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya
