Programme

20 August 2026

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Conference of the Parties

10:00 - 13:00

Plenary Hall

Open Dialogue Session

COP 3rd meeting

Committee of the Whole

15:00 - 18:00

Plenary Hall

COW 3rd meeting

Enhancing the implementation of the Convention, SDS, Rangelands

Contact groups

10:00 - 15:00

MET-11

CoW Contact Group on Other Matters

10:00 - 13:00

MET-13

CST Contact Group

15:00 - 18:00

MET-15

CoW Contact Group on Budget

15:00 - 20:00

MET-12

CRIC Contact Group

15:00 - 18:00

MET-13

CST Contact Group

Starting at 18:00

MET-11

CoW Contact Group on Other Matters

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

14:00 - 14:30

MET-18

CST Bureau Meeting

Meetings of the Regional Implementation Annexes

09:00 - 10:00

MET-08

Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Africa (Annex I)

09:00 - 10:00

MET-09

Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Asia (Annex II)

09:00 - 10:00

MET-25

Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Central and Eastern Europe (Annex V)

09:00 - 10:00

MET-10

Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Latin America and the Caribbean (Annex III) (GRULAC)

Special events

09:00 - 20:00

MET-21

High-Level Sustainable Finance Forum

Other meetings

08:00 - 09:00

MET-30

Indigenous Peoples Caucus

10:00 - 13:00

MET-14

Regional Support Hubs and Technical Advisors Network for Reporting Meeting

12:00 - 13:30

MET-30

African Indigenous Peoples Meeting

13:00 - 15:00

MET-24

IUCN Technical meeting on Rio Synergies

Side events

08:30 - 10:00

MET-01

129 (Desert Forestry Experimental Center, Chinese Academy of Forestry) Dengkou Model: A Demonstration of Scientific Desert Control and Eco-Industry Integration

08:30 - 10:00

MET-07

132 (Action pour le Developpement du Sahel (ADESA)) La Coalition Nationale de la Grande Muraille Verte au Niger constitue un dispositif stratégique de coordination, de suivi des actions et des projets ainsi que de la mobilisation des partenaires et des re

08:30 - 10:00

MET-04

260 (DesertNet International DNI) Soil Information Systems as levers to Sustainable Land Management and Land Restoration

08:30 - 10:00

MET-06

322 (Mongolian Wool and Cashmere Association) Mongolian Cashmere

08:30 - 10:00

MET-05

650 (Drynet) Community-driven innovative and inclusive sustainable land and territorial management in rangelands and landscapes

10:30 - 12:00

MET-02

163 (Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University) Scaling Hope: Local Voices Driving Land Restoration and Resilience

10:30 - 12:00

MET-06

382 (Yolda Initiative, Global Alliance for Rangelands and Pastoralists, UNDP, World Bank, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative, Green Gold Mongolian Rangeland R

10:30 - 12:00

MET-07

424 (Climate Investment Funds/Global Environment Facility) Integrated Landscape Investment: Complementary Financing by CIF and GEF

10:30 - 12:00

MET-04

455 (The Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection) Nine Centuries, One Oasis: Regenerating the Periurban Palm Grove of Marrakech, Africa's Iconic UNESCO City, for Land Restoration, Water Resilience and Community Inclusion Restoration, Water Res

10:30 - 12:00

MET-01

506 (Mongolian Food Industry Union) Just Transitions in the Dust: Agents of Change Aligning Industry, Labour, and a Rights-Based Future

10:30 - 12:00

MET-05

522 (People in Need; 2. GIZ Mongolia; 3. UNDP Mongolia; 4. Breathe Mongolia NGO; 5. National Environmental Youth Council NGO) The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Driving UNCCD and UNFCCC Synergies: A Perspective from Mongolia

13:00 - 14:30

MET-06

111 (Wageningen University) Cultivating Adaptive Grassland Management in the Asian Dryland Belt

13:00 - 14:30

MET-01

247 (KSA) Empowering Rural Communities Through Economic Enablement and Sustainable Rural Development in Saudi Arabia

13:00 - 14:30

MET-07

250 (Senegalese Agency for Reforestation and Great Green Wall) Senegal’s Great Green Wall Integrator Programme (PIGMV): Mobilizing Partnerships and Investments for Land Restoration and Community Resilience

13:00 - 14:30

MET-05

35 (Comité permanent inter-Etats de Lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel) Pastoralism in the Sahel and West Africa: A Decade of Action for Pastoral Communities and Future Pathways

13:00 - 14:30

MET-04

60 (Gulf Cooperation Council for Arab States) Innovation and Advanced Technologies for Combating Desertification in Arid Environments: The GCC Experience as a Model

13:00 - 14:30

MET-03

63 (Arid Land Research Center / International Platform for Dryland Research and Education, Tottori University) From Soil Health to Wealth: Research and Innovation Pathways for Regenerative and Climate-Resilient Food Systems

13:00 - 14:30

MET-02

75 (UNCCD Science-Policy Interface) From Science to Policy: Advancing SDS source identification and adaptive monitoring for a resilient path to LDN

15:00 - 16:30

MET-03

172 (Arab Office for Youth and Environment) Restoring Hope in Arab Drylands: Civil Society, Science, and Regional Action for Resilient Futures

15:00 - 16:30

MET-02

405 (Government of South Africa - Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment) Restoring Landscapes in South Africa (ReLISA)

15:00 - 16:30

MET-04

433 (Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India; Centre of Excellence, ICFRE, India) Reclaiming Human-Affected and Severely Degraded Landscapes: Science and Practice from India

15:00 - 16:30

MET-01

465 (Ministry of Environmen of Government of Perú) Legislative, Investments and policy instruments to protect rangelands and pastoralists from indiscriminate land conversion

15:00 - 16:30

MET-06

508 (WOCAT; UNDP; UNCCD STI; country Parties (Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Egypt and others); OSS) Consultation and knowledge sharing on Strengthening Capacity for Land Degradation Neutrality Monitoring and Decision Support

15:00 - 16:30

MET-05

84 (Nature and People Foundation (Russia)) Yielding to Nature: Exploring Market-Based Incentives for Land Degradation Neutrality

15:00 - 16:30

MET-07

93 (Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIEER)) Impacts and Regulation of Climate Change and Human Activities on Desertification and Dust Storm Processes in the Mongolian Plateau

18:00 - 19:30

MET-01

125 (Surge Africa Organisation) Restoring Land. Building Peace. Launch of a CSO-led Declaration on Land, Peace and Security

18:00 - 19:30

MET-02

144 (Rural Development Administration (RDA), Republic of Korea & Texas A&M University) WISE: A Global Platform for Assessing Climate Impacts on Drought and Flood

18:00 - 19:30

MET-06

203 (GEF (Global Environment Facility)) From Data to Decisions: Leveraging GEF Global Activities to Strengthen UNCCD Reporting and Achieve Land Degradation Neutrality

18:00 - 19:30

MET-07

239 (ARARIPE FOUNDATION) Best practices experiences and bioeconomy perspectives for Brazilian drylands

18:00 - 19:30

MET-05

694 (Asociación Intercultural Bari Wesna, AJESH, Drynet and IUCN) Indigenous data and resilient territories: Community monitoring for Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN)

Action Dome

08:00 - 08:30

Action Dome

Wellness Sessions

08:30 - 10:00

Action Dome

Dryland Forests, Rangelands and Agrosilvopastoral Systems (DReAMs) Dialogues: building on the Global Exchange for Drought Resilience

Streamed live on webtv.un.org

11:30 - 13:00

Action Dome

Flagship Innovations for Resilient Landscapes: Restoring Land, Managing Drought and Transforming Food Systems (Livestream)

Streamed live on webtv.un.org

13:00 - 13:30

Action Dome

Wellness Sessions

13:30 - 14:30

Action Dome

Daily IDRO Demo: Inside the BEEM Lab

14:30 - 16:00

Action Dome

Education for Land: Synergizing the Rio Conventions - Lessons Learned and Inspiring Strategies

Streamed live on webtv.un.org

16:00 - 17:30

Action Dome

IDRO Senegal Case Study Working session

18:15 - 19:00

Action Dome

Reception restore awards ceremony

19:00 - 20:00

Action Dome

RestorLife and Photo Competition Winners Award Ceremony

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