Programme

26 August 2026

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Conference of the Parties

10:00 - 13:00

Plenary Hall

COP 9th meeting

Ministerial Dialogue on Rangelands and Pastoralists

15:00 - 16:12

Plenary Hall

COP 10th meeting

Ministerial Dialogue on Rangelands and Pastoralists

15:00 - 18:00

Main Committee

COP 11th meeting

Gender Caucus

16:12 - 16:18

Plenary Hall

COP 12th meeting

IWG-FSF

Committee of the Whole

16:18 - 16:20

Plenary Hall

COW 5th meeting

IWG-FSF

Contact groups

10:00 - 13:00

MET-12

CRIC Contact Group

Starting at 15:00

MET-12

CRIC Contact Group

Meetings of the Bureaux

14:00 - 14:30

MET-19

CRIC Bureau Meeting

Action agenda

10:00 - 11:30

Action Dome

Seats at the table: A high-level dialogue of local communities for Land and People Day

11:30 - 13:00

MET-22

From ambition to action: Delivering Rio Convention Synergies

11:30 - 13:00

MET-24

From flows to action: Governing urban-rural linkages for land and people

11:30 - 13:00

Action Dome

Indigenous Peoples High Level Special Event: From Sacred lands to shepherding the future

Indigenous Peoples high-level special event

11:30 - 13:00

MET-23

Pastoralism for Drought Resilience and Peace

13:00 - 15:00

MET-24

Landlocked Developing Countries Roundtable

13:00 - 15:00

MET-22

Peace Forest Initiative high-level partners' roundtable

13:00 - 15:00

MET-23

Small Island Developing States Roundtable

13:00 - 15:00

Action Dome

Special high-level event on rangelands and pastoralists

15:00 - 16:30

MET-22

From national reporting to shared action: Strengthening regional cooperation across the Rio Conventions

15:00 - 16:30

MET-23

Rangelands Rising: Accelerating investment for rangeland restoration

15:00 - 16:30

MET-24

Restoring Land, Recognizing Rights: An ecocentric path to Land Degradation Neutrality

15:00 - 16:30

Action Dome

Youth, Land and Livelihoods: Building the next generation of land stewards

Youth Forum

16:30 - 18:00

MET-17

From Summits to the floodplains: Connecting ecosystems and livelihoods

16:30 - 18:00

MET-23

Pastoralism and knowledge systems

16:30 - 18:00

MET-24

People-centered land tenure and governance

18:00 - 20:00

Action Dome

Gala of Hope: UN Decade Special Event on Ecosystem Restoration

Other meetings

08:00 - 09:00

MET-03

Indigenous Peoples Consultations

09:00 - 13:00

MET-14

China and Mongolia Ministerial Meeting

09:00 - 10:00

MET-03

CSO Consultations

15:30 - 18:30

MET-30

Informal informal on mainstreaming of the language taling

16:30 - 18:00

MET-17

From Summits to the floodplains

Side events

08:30 - 10:00

MET-07

167 (French Scientific Committee on Desertification, DNI, NRD) From an invisible crisis to collective action: communicating about desertification and mobilising solutions

08:30 - 10:00

MET-05

179 (World Vision International INGO/Save the Children INGO/People in Need INGO/Billion Trees Movement NGO in Mongolia/The National Environmental Youth Council) Children and Youth-Led Transformative Actions for Restoring Land

08:30 - 10:00

MET-04

202 (CSFD Comité Scientifique Français sur la Désertification, Iram, CIRAD, CILSS, FAO, AFP) Sustainable pastoralism : The hydrolic perspective

08:30 - 10:00

MET-02

421 (UNCCD SPI, the Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Green Gold Rangeland Research Center, Mongolia, Sustainable Fibre Alliance) Mongolian Rangeland Resilience: Sharing Experience with Dryland Nations

08:30 - 10:00

MET-30

422 (Southern African Development Community (SADC)) Herding for Health: Rangelands at the Heart of Sustainable Food Systems and Soil Health

08:30 - 10:00

MET-01

485 (Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Mongolia (MECC); National Committee on Gender Equality (NCGE), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)) High-level Dialogue on Investing in Gender-Responsive Land Restoration: Mongolia, Global Lessons

08:30 - 10:00

MET-06

513 (Institute of Geography ang Geoecology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences) Potential for Enhancing Greenhouse Gas Sequestration through the Restoration of Mining-Disturbed Land

10:30 - 12:00

MET-03

280 (Sustainable Fibre Alliance / Rangeland Stewardship Council, UNCCD, IYRP Global Alliance, IUCN, ILRI) The Global Rangelands Standard Launch

10:30 - 12:00

MET-07

441 (Conservation International) Scaling Dryland Restoration Through Regional Platforms: Innovation, Continuity, and Investment

10:30 - 12:00

MET-06

470 (Anthra for the Pastoralism and Gender Working Group of the IYRP) From Mera 2010 to Kathmandu 2026:Pastoralist Women unite for Land, Climate Change , Justice, Peace and Solidarity

10:30 - 12:00

MET-02

499 (GBIF Mongolia: Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences & GBIF) GBIF: Biodiversity data to support desertification research and policy

10:30 - 12:00

MET-01

618 (UNDP) Threads of Change: Regenerative Fashion, Land Restoration and Economic Opportunities

10:30 - 12:00

MET-05

620 (International Land Coalition, World Resources Institute, Ambition Loop, GIZ, African Union Development Agency - New Partnership for Africa’s Development) Pastoralism as a Bold Agroecology Practice: Mobility as a Pathway to Climate Adaptation and Resi

13:00 - 14:30

MET-01

212 (KSA) Restoration of Degraded Landscapes to Enhance Food Security in Arid Regions

13:00 - 14:30

MET-02

271 (Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MECC)) Classical Pastoralism and the Tragedy of Commons

13:00 - 14:30

MET-06

445 (Brazil's Ministry of Indigenous Peoples) Indigenous Peoples’ Biocentric Restoration for Drought Resilience and Sustainable Land Management: From Dryland Territories to Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN)

13:00 - 14:30

MET-07

535 (UNCCD Youth Caucus, UNDP, CBD Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN), Youth Negotiators Academy (YNA), UNFCCC YOUNGO) Accelerating youth-led implementation of the Rio Conventions

13:00 - 14:30

MET-03

565 (Ministry of forestry, Fisheries and the Environment south africa, IUCN, SADC and GM of the UNCCD) Scaling Sustainable Land Management and Nature-based Solutions for Drought Resilience and Community Livelihoods in Southern Africa

13:00 - 14:30

MET-14

567 (UNESCO) UNESCO for People and Planet: Knowledge, Culture, Land and Water for Resilient Restoration

13:00 - 14:30

MET-04

67 (Samburu Women Trust) Accelerating action on the sustainable management, restoration and conservation of rangelands while championing the rights of Indigenous women in Kenya

13:00 - 14:30

MET-05

711 (Ministry of Environment of Dominican Republic / FAO) Beyond Compliance: National Experiences and Lessons Learned from the 2026 Reporting Process

15:00 - 16:30

MET-01

304 (European Commission) From Drylands to Thrivelands: The Next Investment Frontier

15:00 - 16:30

MET-06

337 (British Society of Soil Science) Underlooked and underfoot: diversifying solutions to restore soils and produce healthy food

15:00 - 16:30

MET-05

543 (Asian Development Bank) Nature Solutions Finance Hub: Scaling Investments for Nature-Positive Landscapes and Introducing the FIELD Initiative

15:00 - 16:30

MET-02

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

15:00 - 16:30

MET-03

585 (Mongolian Red Cross Society) When Land Moves People: Climate Mobility, DLDD and local pathways forward

15:00 - 16:30

MET-04

626 (Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Panama, Government of the Kingdom of Tonga, Barranquilla+20) Restoring Land, Recognizing Rights: An Ecocentric Path to Land Degradation Neutrality

15:00 - 16:30

MET-07

713 (CAF) Transforming Rangeland Restoration into Investment Opportunities

18:00 - 19:30

MET-02

121 (French Ministry of Agriculture) From Degradation to Resilience: A Global Dialogue on Rangelands and Pastoralists

18:00 - 19:30

MET-01

266 (Welthungerhilfe , Agroecology Coalition, IYRP, WWF, ILRI, ICRAF, Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, 4 per 1000) Enabling Fair and Effective Carbon Solutions for restoring Rangelands

18:00 - 19:30

MET-05

283 (UNCCD Youth Caucus, Landesa) People-centered Land Governance: Cross-Caucus dialogue on Gender Transformative Approach to Tenure Rights

18:00 - 19:30

MET-03

335 (General Authority for Land Administration, Geodesy and Cartography (GALAGC) and UNDP Mongolia) Financing for Sustainable Rangeland Management: Mongolia's Participatory MRV System - A Replicable Model for Dryland Countries

18:00 - 19:30

MET-07

353 (Zambezi Watercourse Commission) Restoring Landscapes and Livelihoods in the Zambezi Basin: Scaling Up Integrated Land and Water Solutions for Climate Resilience

18:00 - 19:30

MET-06

521 (Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan) From Regional Ecologicsl Summit (RES) to UNFCCC COP31: Proposal on Desertification, Drought Resilience and Rio Convention Synergies

18:00 - 19:30

MET-04

537 (Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative, BMZ, UNCCD, EU, GIZ) Land Economics and Finance – Status quo and Future: Celebrating 15 Years of the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative – Evening Reception

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