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Date	Event	Location
31 Aug-1 Sep 2026	G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting	Global
The G20 finance and central bank stakeholders will meet in Asheville, North Carolina.
Sep 2026	BRICS+ Summit	Global
IIndia chairs the BRICS+ bloc in 2026 under the theme "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Co-operation and Sustainability"
11 Sep 2026	Anniversary of the al-Qaida attacks on New York City (US) in 2001	Global
The anniversary will likely drive an uptick in Islamist extremist propaganda.
13 Sep 2026	General elections	Sweden
General elections will elect the 349 members of the Riksdag.
22-29 Sep 2026	UN General Assembly	Global
The 81st Session of the UN General Assembly will hold its high-level General Debate in New York City, with world leaders gathering from around 22 September 2026.
4 Oct 2026	General election	Brazil
Current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leads against potential far-right candidates – however, challenges to his candidacy will persist.
12-18 Oct 2026	IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings	Global
The 2026 Annual Meetings will be held in Bangkok (Thailand). Key topics will include economic growth, financial stability, poverty reduction, climate finance, and other global development priorities.
15 Oct 2026	G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting	Global
The G20 finance and central bank stakeholders will meet in Bangkok, Thailand alongside the 2026 Annual Meetings hosted by the IMF and World Bank.
19-23 Oct 2026	Conference of the Parties (COP 13) to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC)	Global
COP13 will take place in Vienna, Austria. The meeting will focus on the implementation of UNTOC, international legal co-operation against organised crime, trafficking, smuggling, firearms and emerging crime threats.
27 Oct 2026	Legislative elections	Israel
Legislative elections will elect the 120 members of the twenty-sixth Knesset.
30-31 Oct 2026	G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting	Global
G20 foreign ministers will meet in Atlanta, Georgia.
3 Nov 2026	Off-cycle state, congressional and gubernatorial elections	US
The 2026 US midterm elections will elect all members of the House of Representatives (lower house), one third of the Senate (upper house), governors in 36 US states, and over 6,000 state legislative seats.
9-20 Nov 2026	Conference of the Parties (COP31)	Global
Australia and Turkiye will co-host the summit which will be held in Turikye.
18-19 Nov 2026	APEC Economic Leaders Summit	Global
China will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Shenzhen. Leaders of APEC’s 21 member economies (which include the US, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada, and ASEAN economies, among others) will meet to promote regional trade and investment liberalisation.
2-4 Dec 2026	UN Water Conference	Global
The UN Water Conference - launched in 2023 as a spiritual successor to the 1977 UN Water Conference - will convene in the UAE with cohost Senegal for its second edition. Its purpose is to achieve SDG 6 on Clean Water and Sanitation, with particular attention paid to the fact that the UN system is now in the final third of its fifteen-year 2030 Agenda timeline.
5 Dec 2026	Presidential elections	The Gambia
Incumbent president Adama Barrow is running for a third term.
14-15 Dec 2026	G20 Leaders Summit	Global
The 21st G20 Leaders’ Summit is scheduled for Miami (Florida). The venue will be Trump National Doral in Miami, marking the first US-hosted G20 since 2008.