UNITED NATIONS

JOURNAL

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Seventeenth Session of the Conference of the Parties
17–28 August 2026
UNCCD
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Content last updated on: 14 Aug 2026 11:30 CEST

Programme of Meetings and Agenda

There are no official meetings on this day.

Side events

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136 (Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa) Restoring Land, Restoring Hope: Faith Communities as Partners in Land Restoration

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139 (UNCCD CLP Africa) From Local Communities to Resilient Landscapes: Empowering African Cooperatives for Sustainable Land Restoration and Data-Driven Drought Resilience

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159 (Community of Learning and Practice on Drought Management (CLP)) Bridging Drought Data Gaps to Inform Decision-making: From Measurement to Action

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173 (Resilient40) Restoring Land, Restoring Hope: Youth Leadership for Resilient Futures

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391 (UNECE) Healthy Rangelands, Flowing Rivers: A Nature-Based Solution to Water Security in Central Asia

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398 (UNU-EHS) Tackling aridity and drought risks across the Rio Conventions, the Convention on Wetlands and the Sendai Framework

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369 (International Development Law Organization (IDLO); Steps without Borders NGO; University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment) Safeguarding pastoralist lands through Social Impact Assessment

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416 (Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and Community Land Rights and Conservation Finance Initiative (CLARIFI), IMPACT Kenya, MPIDO, ILEPA and AFPAT) Investing in Pastoralism: Unlocking Climate Finance and Partnerships for African Pastoralist Systems

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572 (EIT Food) Regenerative Agriculture for Land Restoration and Healthy Diets: Closing the Finance Gap

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669 (DryNet, CENESTA, SPONG, ICCA Consortium, IUCN) Indigenous Nomadic Pastoralists’ Territories of Life: Pathways to Rangeland Restoration and Dryland Resilience

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672 (University of Regina) Equipping the Next Generation of Land Heroes: Youth-Led Gardens as Engines of Sustainable Land Management

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676 (Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment) One Billion Trees Presidential Greening Programme: Showcasing South Africa’s efforts in addressing environmental crisis including desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD)

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810 (People, Food and Land Foundation) Coordinating Land Restoration at Scale

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299 (DesertNet International; ECB Sustainable Youth Foundation; New Mexico State University; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jornada Experimental Range) Managing Connectivity of Wind, Water, and Livestock for Dryland Restoration

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359 (South Asian Forum for Environment) Land-Food-Climate: The Neo- Nexus Poverty Trap in Global South

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557 (Ministry for Foreign Affairs Iceland/GRÓ/Green Gold - Mongolian Rangeland Research Center) Partners in Restoration: Iceland and Mongolia for resilient social-ecological landscapes

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639 (São Francisco and Parnaíba Valleys Development Company (CODEVASF)) South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Rural Development in Drylands: good practices from Brazil and Côte d'Ivoire

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689 (Emam for Culture and Development NGO) AI for Land Restoration: Youth Innovation for Combating Desertification in the Global South

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231 (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Land Coalition, Landesa, TMG Research, UNCCD, UNEP-WCMC) From Commitment to Accountability: Strengthening Land Tenure Indicators Across the Rio Conventions

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249 (African Union Commission (AUC), African Development Bank (AfDB), UNCCD,Pan-african Agency of the Great Green Wall (PAGGW)) Ease of Preparation and Funding of Projects and Programs of the Great Green Wall

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290 (IUCN) The Global Coalition of Rangeland States: Charting a Shared Agenda for Finance, Partnerships and Action

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364 ( Yolda Initiative, Cenesta, Global Alliance for Rangelands and Pastoralists (GA4RP), ICCA Consortium, International Land Coalition (ILC), Shan Shui Conservation Center, JASIL / ICCA Mongolia Working Group, UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme, United Nati

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386 (CMS Secretariat, National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change of Uzbekistan, Global Alliance for Rangelands and Pastoralists, Yolda Initiative) Sustainable Rangelands for Pastoralists, Migratory Species and Climate Resilience

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504 (Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and CGIAR - Multifunctional Landscapes Program) Restore land, restore hope: Bridging the Science-Policy-Finance Gap for Rio Nexus Action

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509 (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in collaboration with the UNCCD Secretariat, Science, Technology and Innovation Unit; Global Mechanism of the UNCCD; ORMEX; UNDP Mongolia; International Rice Research Institute (IRRI, TBC);

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649 (UNCCD Youth Caucus, International Land Coalition (ILC), Youth Initiative for Land in Africa (Yilaa), Multi-stakeholder Platform on Youth Land Governance (YLMPA), RBM) CULTIVATING RESILIENCE: YOUTH-CENTRED POLICIES AS THE CATALYST AGAINST DROUGHT AND

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162 (International Livestock Research Institute) Launch of the STELARR Rangelands Restoration Investment Hub

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311 (Chinese Academy of Forestry, General Secretariat of the League of Arab States) Enlarged Meeting of the Steering Committee of the China-Arab International Research Center for Drought, Desertification and Land Degradation and the China-Arab Cooperation

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512 (Department of Fisheries, Forestry and the Environment; Department of Agriculture; South African National Biodiversity Institute; South African National parks; Agricultural Research Council) UNCCD LDN TSP 2 South Africa: Report on multidimensional ind

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678 (Ambition Loop/Drought and Water Resilience Breakthrough Coalition) The Rangelands-Drought Nexus: Unlocking Co-Benefits Through Integrated and Inclusive Land Governance

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703 (Youth initiative for land in Africa, Yilaa /DRC) Youth, Peace and Land Restoration in Conflict-Affected Areas in the DRC

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721 (IUCN/G20 Global Land Initative, UNCCD) Tracking Restoration Reality: Launch of the Global Land Restoration Achievements 2026 Report

Forthcoming official meetings

Monday, 24 August 2026

Conference of the Parties

Plenary Hall

High-Level Segment Opening

The opening session inaugurates the High-Level Segment of COP 17.

 

Plenary Hall

COP 5th meeting

High-level segment
 

Ministerial dialogue: Innovative Financial Mechanisms for Healthy Land and Drought Resilience

Plenary Hall

COP 6th meeting

Inclusion of activities of civil society organizations within the official programme of work of the Conference of the Parties

 

  • Open dialogue session