Kumamoto City will host the second Global Nature Positive Summit in July 2026, bringing international attention to practical nature recovery.
Kumamoto City in Japan will host the second Global Nature Positive Summit from 14 to 16 July 2026. The event follows the first summit in Sydney and is being held under the patronage of Japan’s Ministry of the Environment.
International summits do not restore rivers or plant forests by themselves. Their value depends on what happens before and after: which people meet, what standards are agreed, how businesses and governments report progress, and whether local projects gain support from shared language and commitments.
The phrase nature positive is used to describe action that halts and reverses nature loss rather than simply slowing damage. Turning that phrase into reality requires measurement, policy, finance, community involvement and protection for the places where species live.
Kumamoto is a meaningful setting because Japan has long traditions of managed landscapes, forest culture and water systems, alongside modern pressures of development and land-use change. A summit there can connect global environmental language with regional examples and local practice.
The useful test will come after the delegates leave. If the meeting helps organisations make clearer commitments, fund practical restoration and measure real outcomes, then it will have value beyond speeches. Nature recovery needs places, budgets and follow-through, not only intentions.
Source: Nature Positive Initiative