In November 2023, decision 1/CMA.5, para. 97 established the United Arab Emirates dialogue on implementing the global stocktake outcomes.

In November 2025, decision 3/CMA.7 specified that the United Arab Emirates dialogue will facilitate the sharing of experience and of information on opportunities, challenges, barriers and needs, including with a focus on the provision of finance, capacity-building, and technology development and transfer, as well as strengthened international cooperation as key enablers, in implementing the global stocktake outcomes.

The Dialogue will be convened annually in conjunction with SB 64 (June 2026) and SB 66 (June 2027), after which it will conclude. As part of the United Arab Emirates Dialogue, a high-level ministerial round table will be held at CMA 9 (November 2027).

The 2026 UAE Dialogue

The 2026 UAE Dialogue on implementing the global stocktake outcomes was held on 10 and 11 June, 10:00 – 13:00 CEST, in Chambers Hall, WCCB, in conjunction with SB 64(June 2026).

The information note and agenda, prepared by the co-facilitators (CFs) of the UAE dialogue Rita Mishaan and Johanna Lissinger Peitz, is available here.

The webcasts of Day 1 and Day 2 of the dialogue are available on the event pages below.

Co-facilitators 

In accordance with decision 3/CMA.7, para 4, two co-facilitators for the dialogue are appointed by the Chairs of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, one from a developed country Party and one from a developing country Party. The SB Chairs appointed Rita Mishaan (Guatemala) and Johanna Lissinger Peitz (Sweden) as the co-facilitators for the dialogue for 2026–2027.