Programme

22 August 2026

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Contact groups

10:00 - 20:00

MET-11

CoW Contact Group on Other Matters

10:00 - 13:00

MET-12

Joint CRIC/CST Contact Group

15:00 - 20:00

MET-15

CoW Contact Group on Budget

15:00 - 20:00

MET-12

CRIC Contact Group

15:00 - 20:00

MET-13

CST Contact Group

Regional consultations

09:30 - 10:30

MET-27

JUSCANZ

Other meetings

08:00 - 10:00

MET-24

Indigenous Peoples Caucus

09:00 - 18:00

MET-22

Advanced UNCCD Women Delegates Fund Negociation Training

10:00 - 13:00

MET-14

Restoration Economy Roundtable (21-22 August)

13:00 - 17:00

MET-24

COP 17 National Committee

13:00 - 15:00

MET-20

INFORMAL INFORMAL CONSULTATION WITH INSTERESTED PARTIES ON THE BLOCKED AGENDA ITEMS

Side events

08:30 - 10:00

MET-06

136 (Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa) Restoring Land, Restoring Hope: Faith Communities as Partners in Land Restoration

08:30 - 10:00

MET-04

139 (UNCCD CLP Africa) From Local Communities to Resilient Landscapes: Empowering African Cooperatives for Sustainable Land Restoration and Data-Driven Drought Resilience

08:30 - 10:00

MET-03

159 (Community of Learning and Practice on Drought Management (CLP)) Bridging Drought Data Gaps to Inform Decision-making: From Measurement to Action

08:30 - 10:00

MET-30

173 (Resilient40) Restoring Land, Restoring Hope: Youth Leadership for Resilient Futures

08:30 - 10:00

MET-02

391 (UNECE) Healthy Rangelands, Flowing Rivers: A Nature-Based Solution to Water Security in Central Asia

08:30 - 10:00

MET-01

398 (UNU-EHS) Tackling aridity and drought risks across the Rio Conventions, the Convention on Wetlands and the Sendai Framework

10:30 - 12:00

MET-06

369 (International Development Law Organization (IDLO); Steps without Borders NGO; University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment) Safeguarding pastoralist lands through Social Impact Assessment

10:30 - 12:00

MET-03

416 (Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and Community Land Rights and Conservation Finance Initiative (CLARIFI), IMPACT Kenya, MPIDO, ILEPA and AFPAT) Investing in Pastoralism: Unlocking Climate Finance and Partnerships for African Pastoralist Systems

10:30 - 12:00

MET-05

669 (DryNet, CENESTA, SPONG, ICCA Consortium, IUCN) Indigenous Nomadic Pastoralists’ Territories of Life: Pathways to Rangeland Restoration and Dryland Resilience

10:30 - 12:00

MET-31

672 (University of Regina) Equipping the Next Generation of Land Heroes: Youth-Led Gardens as Engines of Sustainable Land Management

10:30 - 12:00

MET-01

676 (Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment) One Billion Trees Presidential Greening Programme: Showcasing South Africa’s efforts in addressing environmental crisis including desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD)

10:30 - 12:00

MET-04

810 (People, Food and Land Foundation) Coordinating Land Restoration at Scale

13:00 - 14:30

MET-03

299 (DesertNet International; ECB Sustainable Youth Foundation; New Mexico State University; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jornada Experimental Range) Managing Connectivity of Wind, Water, and Livestock for Dryland Restoration

13:00 - 14:30

MET-06

359 (South Asian Forum for Environment) Land-Food-Climate: The Neo- Nexus Poverty Trap in Global South

13:00 - 14:30

MET-01

557 (Ministry for Foreign Affairs Iceland/GRÓ/Green Gold - Mongolian Rangeland Research Center) Partners in Restoration: Iceland and Mongolia for resilient social-ecological landscapes

13:00 - 14:30

MET-04

639 (São Francisco and Parnaíba Valleys Development Company (CODEVASF)) South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Rural Development in Drylands: good practices from Brazil and Côte d'Ivoire

13:00 - 14:30

MET-05

689 (Emam for Culture and Development NGO) AI for Land Restoration: Youth Innovation for Combating Desertification in the Global South

15:00 - 16:30

MET-06

231 (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Land Coalition, Landesa, TMG Research, UNCCD, UNEP-WCMC) From Commitment to Accountability: Strengthening Land Tenure Indicators Across the Rio Conventions

15:00 - 16:30

MET-02

249 (African Union Commission (AUC), African Development Bank (AfDB), UNCCD,Pan-african Agency of the Great Green Wall (PAGGW)) Ease of Preparation and Funding of Projects and Programs of the Great Green Wall

15:00 - 16:30

MET-07

290 (IUCN) The Global Coalition of Rangeland States: Charting a Shared Agenda for Finance, Partnerships and Action

15:00 - 16:30

MET-03

364 ( Yolda Initiative, Cenesta, Global Alliance for Rangelands and Pastoralists (GA4RP), ICCA Consortium, International Land Coalition (ILC), Shan Shui Conservation Center, JASIL / ICCA Mongolia Working Group, UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme, United Nati

15:00 - 16:30

MET-04

386 (CMS Secretariat, National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change of Uzbekistan, Global Alliance for Rangelands and Pastoralists, Yolda Initiative) Sustainable Rangelands for Pastoralists, Migratory Species and Climate Resilience

15:00 - 16:30

MET-31

504 (Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and CGIAR - Multifunctional Landscapes Program) Restore land, restore hope: Bridging the Science-Policy-Finance Gap for Rio Nexus Action

15:00 - 16:30

MET-01

509 (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in collaboration with the UNCCD Secretariat, Science, Technology and Innovation Unit; Global Mechanism of the UNCCD; ORMEX; UNDP Mongolia; International Rice Research Institute (IRRI, TBC);

15:00 - 16:30

MET-05

649 (UNCCD Youth Caucus, International Land Coalition (ILC), Youth Initiative for Land in Africa (Yilaa), Multi-stakeholder Platform on Youth Land Governance (YLMPA), RBM) CULTIVATING RESILIENCE: YOUTH-CENTRED POLICIES AS THE CATALYST AGAINST DROUGHT AND

18:00 - 19:30

MET-07

162 (International Livestock Research Institute) Launch of the STELARR Rangelands Restoration Investment Hub

18:00 - 19:30

MET-05

311 (Chinese Academy of Forestry, General Secretariat of the League of Arab States) Enlarged Meeting of the Steering Committee of the China-Arab International Research Center for Drought, Desertification and Land Degradation and the China-Arab Cooperation

18:00 - 19:30

MET-01

512 (Department of Fisheries, Forestry and the Environment; Department of Agriculture; South African National Biodiversity Institute; South African National parks; Agricultural Research Council) UNCCD LDN TSP 2 South Africa: Report on multidimensional ind

18:00 - 19:30

MET-31

678 (Ambition Loop/Drought and Water Resilience Breakthrough Coalition) The Rangelands-Drought Nexus: Unlocking Co-Benefits Through Integrated and Inclusive Land Governance

18:00 - 19:30

MET-06

703 (Youth initiative for land in Africa, Yilaa /DRC) Youth, Peace and Land Restoration in Conflict-Affected Areas in the DRC

18:00 - 19:30

MET-04

721 (IUCN/G20 Global Land Initative, UNCCD) Tracking Restoration Reality: Launch of the Global Land Restoration Achievements 2026 Report

Action Dome

08:00 - 08:30

Action Dome

Wellness Session

10:00 - 11:30

Action Dome

From the Ground Up: Frontline Voices on Land Restoration

Streamed live on webtv.un.org

11:30 - 13:00

Action Dome

The Next Fire Won’t Wait: Turning Knowledge, Technology and Community Action into Resilience

Streamed live on webtv.un.org

13:00 - 13:30

Action Dome

Wellness Session

13:30 - 14:30

Action Dome

Daily IDRO Demo: Inside the BEEM Lab

14:30 - 16:00

Action Dome

From Challenge to Change: The Business of Land Restoration

Streamed live on webtv.un.org

16:00 - 17:30

Action Dome

The Inner Dimension of the Restoration Industry

Streamed live on webtv.un.org

17:30 - 19:00

Action Dome

Indigenous Peoples & Foods

Streamed live on webtv.un.org

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