Programme

24 August 2026

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Conference of the Parties

09:00 - 10:30

Plenary Hall

COP 17 High-Level Segment Opening Ceremony

11:00 - 14:00

Plenary Hall

COP 4th meeting

Ministerial dialogue on Financial Mechanisms

15:00 - 18:00

Plenary Hall

COP 5th meeting

Ministerial dialogue on Financial Mechanisms. Continued

Contact groups

15:00 - 18:00

MET-15

CoW Contact Group on Budget

15:00 - 03:00

MET-11

CoW Contact Group on Other Matters

17:30 - 22:00

MET-12

CRIC Contact Group

17:30 - 22:00

MET-13

CST Contact Group

Regional consultations

09:00 - 10:00

MET-26

EU Coordination Meeting

13:00 - 14:00

MET-31

League of Arab States

Meetings of the Bureaux

13:00 - 14:00

MET-20

COP Bureau Meeting

Action agenda

11:00 - 11:45

Action Dome

Business4Land: Opening

11:00 - 12:30

MET-23

Pitching Bankable Solutions for Mongolia's Rangelands

11:00 - 13:00

MET-24

Restoration as a Shared Solution: Delivering for Land and Biodiversity (with CBD & FAO)

11:45 - 12:30

Action Dome

Business4Land: Land as an Asset Class

12:00 - 14:00

MET-22

Scaling the Great Green Wall through Continental Integration and the AUGGWI Strategy (with AU, AfDB)

12:30 - 14:30

Action Dome

Business4Land: De-risk and Scale to Restore 1.5 Billion Ha of Land

12:30 - 14:00

MET-23

Mobilizing Sustainable Finance for Resilient Landscapes: MDB Leadership and Scalable Investment Solutions

13:00 - 15:00

MET-21

KSA COP16 Presidency "The Riyadh Action Agenda: Showcasing Delivery by the RAA Community"

14:30 - 16:00

Action Dome

Leadership for a Land-Positive Future: High-Level Forum of Mining Industry Leaders (Mining Forum)

15:00 - 16:30

MET-23

Fashion 4 Land Forum

15:00 - 18:00

MET-22

Future of Financing Roundtable (MDBs)

15:00 - 18:00

Main Committee

High-Level Ministerial event on Security and Migration

15:00 - 16:30

MET-24

Inclusive Drought Resilience: Gender, Youth and Investment

16:30 - 18:30

MET-24

Mobilizing Investments for the Great Green Wall in Senegal: The Integrated Great Green Wall Program (PIGMV)

16:30 - 18:00

MET-23

Official Launch of the Rangelands Flagship Initiative

17:00 - 17:45

Action Dome

Fashion4Land High-Level Segment

17:45 - 19:30

Action Dome

Business4Land Champions’ Council and Fashion4Land Show

18:00 - 20:00

MET-22

Targeting Finance under the UNCCD

Other meetings

08:00 - 10:00

MET-05

Indigenous Peoples Caucus

08:30 - 10:00

MET-06

FAO - Consultations

09:00 - 10:00

MET-03

CSO Consultations

13:00 - 16:00

MET-28

Agri-Invest: Investment in Food and Agriculture

13:00 - 15:00

MET-17

Concertation francophone bilan de la semaine 1 de négociations

13:00 - 14:30

MET-04

Local Communities Caucus

15:00 - 17:00

MET-30

Global Forum of Local Communities

15:00 - 17:00

MET-14

Turning Restoration Into Resilience: Partnership Models that Scale

Side events

08:30 - 10:00

MET-01

216 (KSA) Advancing Resilience Through Early Warning: The International Initiative for Sand and Dust Storms

08:30 - 10:00

MET-02

500 (Department of Grassland Management of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, China) China's Experience and Global South Application: Degraded Grassland Restoration and Land Degradation Neutrality

08:30 - 10:00

MET-04

524 (Ministry of Education in Mongolia, Save the Children INGO) Investing in Children and Youth for Land Restoration and a Greener Future

08:30 - 10:00

MET-07

73 (Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO)) Mobilizing Private Capital: AFoCO's Business Models

10:30 - 12:00

MET-06

101 (CIFOR-ICRAF, European Union, IFAD, UNCCD, Business4Land Initiative) Strengthening resilience and investment in the Great Green Wall: from Evidence to Action

10:30 - 12:00

MET-07

218 (Isha Foundation and UNCCD CSO Panel) The Soil Nexus: Bridging Economic Viability, Sustainability, and Food Security through Farmer-Led Stewardship

10:30 - 12:00

MET-04

245 (The National Green Lab, The Business Council of Mongolia, Mongolian Nature's Legacy Foundation) Land, Capital, Impact: The National Green Lab Pitch Event

10:30 - 12:00

MET-03

276 (Sustainable Fibre Alliance / Rangeland Stewardship Council, IUCN, ILRI, COP16 Presidency (KSA)) Financing Land Restoration at Scale: Investment Pathways for Rangelands

10:30 - 12:00

MET-02

308 (Landesa) Who Will Restore the Land: Stand for Her Land as a Mechanism to achieve Gender-Just LDN

10:30 - 12:00

MET-01

495 (UNDP,Mongolia in partnerhsip with Government of Mongolia, Development Bank of Mongolia and UNCDF) Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue "Mongolia’s Path from Coal to Clean Heating Solutions in Ger Districts"

10:30 - 12:00

MET-05

510 (WWF and IUCN) From Commitment to Capital: Financing Resilient Grasslands, Savannahs and Rangelands for People, Nature and Climate

13:00 - 14:30

MET-06

131 (Loro Piana, LVMH, SFA) Resilient Threads: How to strengthen cashmere supply chains through public-private partnership and the operationalization of One Health

13:00 - 14:30

MET-02

149 (The Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan) Community‑Based Ecosystem Management for Combating Desertification in Mongolia

13:00 - 14:30

MET-03

178 (Mongolian Academy of Sciences) RESTORING RANGELAND AND COMBATING DESERTIFICATION

13:00 - 14:30

MET-01

349 (Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security) From Observation to Action: Innovations, Challenges and Opportunities for Monitoring Land Degradation and Desertification

13:00 - 14:30

MET-05

551 (Asian Development Bank) High Level Launching ADB’s Land Degradation and Desertification Finance Partnership Facility (FIELD): Financing for Enabling Land Restoration and Combating Desertification in Asia-Pacific

13:00 - 14:30

MET-07

577 (The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) Delivering Biodiversity Gains in support of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

15:00 - 16:30

MET-01

407 (The World Bank) Why Scale Investments in Sustainable Landscapes?

15:00 - 16:30

MET-07

578 (The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) Resilient Water Use in Desertified Contexts: Upstream Management and Industrial Practice

15:00 - 16:30

MET-03

634 (IFAD; German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development; CompensACTION Secretariat (GIZ); Alliance Bioversity and CIAT; the Economics of Land Degradation Initiative (ELD)/GIZ) Financing Land: Scaling Innovative Finance for Sustainable

15:00 - 16:30

MET-06

670 (Youth Initiative for Land in Africa (YILAA); European Youth Forum, and Restless Development Uganda) Land for Youth: Innovate, Secure, Thrive

15:00 - 16:30

MET-02

680 (WWF) From Pathways to Practice: Scaling Forest and Landscape Restoration for Land Degradation Neutrality

15:00 - 16:30

MET-04

719 (Conservation Biology Institute and Cambodia Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) Sustainable Land Restoration Strategies for Agricultural and Forest Soil Health

15:00 - 16:30

MET-05

83 (Nature and People Foundation (Russia)) One Steppe Forward: Regional Dialogue on Land Restoration and Resilience in Northern and Central Asia

18:00 - 19:30

MET-04

103 (Korea Forest Service (KFS) and (Mongolian Government) National Forest Agency of Mongolia(NFA)) International Cooperation to Combat Desertification in Mongolia: 20 Years of the Korea-Mongolia Greenbelt Project and the Path Forward

18:00 - 19:30

MET-03

208 (Ministry of Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth of Mongolia (MCSTY) & (UNDP) Mongolia) Folklore4Land — Living Knowledge for Land Restoration

18:00 - 19:30

MET-01

222 (KSA) Unlocking Private Investment for Environmental Growth

18:00 - 19:30

MET-05

319 (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, International Rice Research Institute) Rio Synergies in Action: Unlocking Finance for Land, Climate, Biodiversity and Food through Integrated Planning

18:00 - 19:30

MET-07

574 (The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) COP17 High-Level Roundtable: Financing Soil & Rangeland Resilience

18:00 - 19:30

MET-06

627 (Foundation for Ecological Security) Ideating a Community Stewardship Fund: Bridging the Gap in IPLC-Led ConservatioN

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