Programme

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27 August 2026

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Contact groups

10:00 - 11:30

MET-12

Joint CRIC/CST Contact Group

Starting at 11:30

MET-12

CRIC Contact Group

15:00 - 18:00

MET-15

COW Contact Group on Budget

Starting at 15:00

MET-11

COW Contact Group on Other Matters

15:00-TBC

MET-13

CST Contact Group

Regional consultations

13:00 - 15:00

MET-27

JUSCANZ - Consultations

18:00 - 21:00

MET-20

JUSCANZ - Consultations

Meetings of the Bureaux

13:00 - 14:00

MET-20

COP Bureau

14:00 - 14:30

MET-18

CST Bureau Meeting

Meetings of the Regional Implementation Annexes

13:00 - 15:00

MET-28

Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Northern Mediterranean (Annex IV)

Action agenda

09:00 - 10:30

MET-24

Connecting food and soil health breakthroughs: Towards shared metrics

09:00 - 10:30

Action Dome

Living soils, productive lands: from policies to implementation

09:00 - 10:30

MET-22

Private sector & investment partners roundtable: Mobilizing finance for soil health and food systems transformation

09:00 - 10:30

MET-23

Restoring Grasslands and Rangelands for improved food security, climate resilience and soil health

10:30 - 11:30

Action Dome

Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security

11:00 - 12:30

MET-22

Business4Land Public-Private Dialogue on Agriculture

11:00 - 12:30

MET-24

Food systems transformation in motion: Agroecology in principle, in policy and in practice

11:00 - 12:30

MET-23

The Power of Data-Driven Innovation for Agricultural Lands, Soil and Rangeland Restoration

11:30 - 13:00

Action Dome

Scaling innovative financing solutions to accelerate investments

13:00 - 14:30

MET-24

Advancing National Food Systems Pathways through Convergence for Soil Health and Land Restoration

13:00 - 14:30

MET-22

Agroecology as a Tool for Territorial Resilience to Crisis Events

13:00 - 15:00

Action Dome

High-Level Dialogue on Food Systems and Soil Health

15:00 - 17:30

MET-23

Special session on inclusive, sustainable and resilient food value chains for land restoration and soil health

15:00 - 17:00

MET-22

Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) Partners Strategy Session

15:00 - 17:00

MET-24

Youth4Soil Manifesto & Celebration of International Year of Women Farmers

15:30 - 17:00

MET-21

Restoring Land, Redirecting Finance: Repurposing Public Support for a Just Rural Transition

15:30 - 17:00

Action Dome

Scaling Soil Health and Land Restoration for Food Systems Resilience and Socio-Economic Prosperity

17:00 - 19:00

MET-22

Turning Vision into Action for Adapted Crops and Soils: Accelerating Progress, Attracting Investments

17:30 - 19:00

Action Dome

Action Agenda closing and way forward

Other meetings

08:15 - 09:00

MET-14

Burkina Faso - Private Meeting

09:30 - 10:30

MET-17

Brazil Ministerial Bilateral Meeting

09:30 - 11:00

MET-30

Restoring Agricultural Lands and Preventing Degradation: Financing Solutions through Public Development Banks

10:30 - 12:00

MET-02

Local Communities Caucus

11:00 - 13:00

MET-14

CYTS-GL-MECC-Private Meeting

14:00 - 15:00

MET-17

Cote d'Ivoire - Private Consultations

15:30 - 17:30

MET-14

Parliamentary Round Table - Rio Synergies and Diplomacy

16:00 - 17:30

MET-27

Planet B: Pathway Forward for Humanity

18:00 - 19:30

MET-08

IUCN - Government of Italy

Side events

08:30 - 10:00

MET-06

124 (World Food Forum (WFF) Global Youth Action Initiative) Global Youth Policy Brief on Youth and Young Women in Pastoralism

08:30 - 10:00

MET-02

140 (University of Cambridge) Mongolian Meat: Sovereignty, Ecology, and Trade

08:30 - 10:00

MET-01

175 (Universal Versatile Society (UVS), Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD), Lead For Earth (L4E), Northeast Asian Youth Climate Council (NEAYCC), Ecocode (Saudi Arabia), Agro Rangers, SDG7 Youth Constituency (SDG7 YC), Youth Peace &

08:30 - 10:00

MET-05

279 (Sustainable Fibre Alliance / Rangeland Stewardship Council, CIFOR-ICRAF (CA4SH), WWF, FAO) Value Addition for Sustainable Commodities: Linking Soil Health, Rangelands and Global Markets

08:30 - 10:00

MET-04

297 (Agence Française de Développement) Building Sustainable Value Chains through Healthy Soils and public and private Partnerships

08:30 - 10:00

MET-07

321 (Asian Forest Cooperation Organization, The Business Council of Mongolia) Restoring Land, Returning Value: Mobilising Investment for Forest Landscape Restoration across Asia

10:30 - 12:00

MET-01

534 (Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT) “One Land, Three Agendas”: Using Agroecology to Deliver Rio Convention Synergies in Practice

10:30 - 12:00

MET-04

613 (International Forestry Students' Association) "From Source to Soil: Forests in the Water-Land Nexus — Youth Visions for Integrated Dryland Management"

10:30 - 12:00

MET-07

647 (Isha Foundation, WOCAT, WFF - Youth initiative) Strengthening Soil Data Systems by Integrating Grassroot engagements

10:30 - 12:00

MET-05

647 (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) Improving restoration outcomes using species diversity and evidence-based restoration methods

10:30 - 12:00

MET-06

657 (The World Bank Group) Towards Livable Landscapes for Jobs

13:00 - 14:30

MET-01

206 (The Business Council of Mongolia) Business in Action: Private Sector Innovation to Combat Land Degradation

13:00 - 14:30

MET-30

281 (Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security) From COP16 to COP17: Advancing Food Security Through Strategic Partnerships and Co-Investment

13:00 - 14:30

MET-04

327 (FAO) Launch of the Asian LLDCs Ministerial Network

13:00 - 14:30

MET-03 (CSO)

334 (Arab Office for Youth and Environment) Food - Water - Energy - Ecosystems Nexus (WEFE)

13:00 - 14:30

MET-06

404 (Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) & Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)) From evidence to scale: restoring land, soil health, and building resilient food systems through regenerative agricult

13:00 - 14:30

MET-02

591 (French Scientific Committee on Desertification) Soil health & pastoralism: Rethinking food system and ecosystem management

13:00 - 14:30

MET-07

659 (The World Bank) Healthy Watersheds for Food Security

13:00 - 14:30

MET-05

696 (Brazilian Ministry of Integration and Regional Development) Addressing Climate Change and Desertification: Solutions from the Global South

15:00 - 16:30

MET-04

253 (Gulf Cooperation Council of the Arab States) Rehabilitation and sustainable management of rangelands in arid and hyper-arid regions, including highlighting key initiatives and actions of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in these areas.

15:00 - 16:30

MET-06

298 (UNU-FLORES) Post-Mining Landscape Restoration Workshop

15:00 - 16:30

MET-07

39 (Michael Succow Foundation) Protecting last remaining pristine desert and steppe ecosystems - World Heritage Sites nominations

15:00 - 16:30

MET-01

399 (World Rural Forum) Family Farming at the Heart of Land Restoration: Scaling farmer-led solutions to land degradation and drought and fostering rural development

15:00 - 16:30

MET-02

463 (World Vision International) Community-Driven Forest Landscape Restoration: Scaling FMNR through Partnerships, Policy and Global Targets

15:00 - 16:30

MET-05

556 (SNV Netherlands Development Organisation) From Margins to Mainstream: Recognizing the role of pastoralism in food systems transformation

15:00 - 16:30

MET-03 (CSO)

698 (Ambition Loop) From Policy to the Ground: Scaling Action for Healthy Soil

15:00 - 16:30

MET-03 (CSO)

698 (Ambition Loop) From Policy to the Ground: Scaling Action for Healthy Soil

18:00 - 19:30

MET-08

(IUCN/Government of Italy) From proven results to regional scale: turning degraded lands into opportunities across the Sahel

18:00 - 19:30

MET-03 (CSO)

150 (Peace Forest Work & UNCCD) Rooting Peace in the Borderlands: Operationalizing Multi-level Governance through Synergies between Civil Society and the PFI

18:00 - 19:30

MET-02

360 (BirdLife International, American Prairie, Rewilding Argentina, Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative) Restoring fully functional rangeland ecosystems at scale

18:00 - 19:30

MET-04

458 (Rare) Pastoral Futures: Networking for Community-Centered Rangeland Conservation

18:00 - 19:30

MET-07

486 (The Nature Conservancy) From gap to governance: scaling protected areas and OECMs for rangeland conservation

18:00 - 19:30

MET-05

636 (IFAD; Sahara and Sahel Observatory) Building the Sahel Innovation Ecosystem Connecting Funders, Innovators and Communities to Scale Great Green Wall Restoration

18:00 - 19:30

MET-01

88 (Isha Foundation, Youth Negotiators Academy, World Food Forum Global Youth Action Initiative) Youth Advancing Action for Soil Health: From Commitments to Delivery

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