Finance Day

Mobilizing finance at scale is essential to addressing land degradation, drought resilience and sustainable land management, yet current investment levels remain significantly below what is needed to meet global targets. 

Closing this financing gap requires a fundamental shift in how public, multilateral and private capital are mobilized and aligned in support of land-related priorities. The private sector plays an increasingly important role in shaping land-related outcomes through investment decisions, value chains and innovation, while land degradation is also increasingly recognized as being closely linked to broader issues of vulnerability, displacement and instability. These interconnected challenges underscore the need for dialogue across governments, financial institutions, businesses and international organizations, and reinforce synergies across the Rio Conventions and broader sustainable development objectives.

Recognizing the scale of this challenge, Finance Day will place land and drought resilience at the centre of discussions on sustainable finance, highlighting their importance not only for environmental sustainability, but also for economic resilience, food security and long-term development.

The Finance Day thematic programme will explore financing approaches for land restoration and drought resilience, the role of land within investment frameworks, the transformation of global value chains, and the interlinkages between land, security and human mobility. Through ministerial dialogues, business forums and thematic discussions, it will highlight perspectives from across the public, private and multilateral sectors.