Programme

25 August 2026

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Conference of the Parties

10:00 - 13:00

Plenary Hall

COP 6th meeting

Ministerial dialogue on drought resilience

15:00 - 18:00

Plenary Hall

COP 7th meeting

Ministerial Dialogue on Drought Resilience

TBC-6 p.m.

Main Committee

COP 8th meeting

CSOs, ODS

Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention

3 p.m.-TBC

Main Committee

CRIC 6th meeting

Programme of work for CRIC 25, formulation of the report

Meetings of the Regional Implementation Annexes

09:00 - 10:00

MET-10

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

TBC

MET-12

CRIC Contact Group

Action agenda

11:30 - 13:00

MET-23

Expanding Finance for Resilience through Land and Water Institutional Enabling Pathways

11:30 - 13:00

Action Dome

Official launch of the Drought Resilience Investment Facility (DRIF)

Accelerating Finance for Drought Resilience, Water Infrastructure and Land Restoration

11:30 - 13:00

MET-24

Transforming agricultural water management for drought resilience and food security

11:30 - 13:00

MET-21

Water as a connector: Building momentum from UNCCD COP17 to the UN 2026 Water Conference

11:30 - 13:00

MET-22

Water Forward: Investing on droughts at scale

13:30 - 15:00

MET-24

First Assembly of the Riyadh Global Drought Resilience Partnership (RGDRP)

14:00 - 15:30

MET-22

From Victoria Falls to Ulaanbaatar: Wetlands as the heart of integrated land and water resilience

14:00 - 15:30

MET-23

Preventing water bankruptcy: Cities, utilities and catchments on the frontline of drought resilience

14:00 - 16:00

Action Dome

Special High-Level Event on Sand and Dust Storms (SDS)

15:00 - 16:30

MET-24

UNCCD’s holistic approach to drought management

16:00 - 17:30

MET-23

High-Level Dialogue on Water-Land-People: Connecting science, policy and practice

16:00 - 17:30

MET-22

Land restoration for water resilience

16:00 - 17:00

Action Dome

Official launch of International Drought Resilience Observatory (Beta version)

16:30 - 18:00

MET-21

Managing water related disasters and risks for resilient future

17:00 - 18:30

Action Dome

IDRA Plenary and Reception

Closed session for IDRA members only

Other meetings

08:00 - 09:00

MET-06

Indigenous Peoples Caucus

08:00 - 09:00

MET-09

Pacific SIDS Daily Coordination Meetings

08:30 - 12:30

MET-14

UNCCD/FAO- Pilot Project

09:30 - 11:15

MET-30

Business4Land Dialogue on Corporate Disclosures and Target-setting

10:30 - 11:30

MET-27

Ministry of Finance and ADB- Consultations

12:30 - 14:00

MET-17

Meeting of Environment Ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries (International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries

Side events

08:30 - 10:00

MET-04

142 (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development) Strengthen dryland research networks to advance land degradation neutrality and Rio Convention synergies

08:30 - 10:00

MET-05

258 (Southeast Asian chamber of commerce and industry in Mongolia) Beyond Extraction: SEA–Mongolia Connectivity Through Regenerative Trade and Creative Industries. (Cashmere, Women-Led Value Chains and Climate-Resilient Economies Across Fragile Lands)

08:30 - 10:00

MET-01

315 (Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia (MOFALI)) Scaling Integrated Water and Land Resilience Solutions in Mongolia

08:30 - 10:00

MET-02

330 (International Water Management Institute (IWMI)) Dust Storms as a Transboundary Risk: Advancing Regional Action through the Water–Land Nexus

08:30 - 10:00

MET-07

654 (The World Bank) Climate and Water Security in Landscapes

10:30 - 12:00

MET-03

138 (Woodwell Climate Research Center) Spotlight on Carbon Health of Global Rangelands: Applications of novel ecosystem assessments to support public and private sector land management

10:30 - 12:00

MET-07

385 (Vital Voices Global Partnership) Resilient Communities, Resilient Planet: Women at the Heart of Climate Solutions

10:30 - 12:00

MET-05

451 (ENACT Partnership (International Union for Conservation of Nature)) Nature at the Core: Transformation for Land and Climate Resilience

10:30 - 12:00

MET-01

562 (ORMEX) From Carbon Farming to Carbon Financing

10:30 - 12:00

MET-02

652 (Society for Ecological Restoration, G20 Global Lands Initiative, & Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ) Proactive Ecosystem Restoration Legislation - From Concept to Implementation

10:30 - 12:00

MET-06

723 (World Council of Churches) Faith Communities Call: Land for Life, Land for Food – Sustainable Agroecology & FMNR

13:00 - 14:30

MET-01

157 (Government of Mongolia (MECC and NANEM), ESCAP, Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat(TCS)) From Commitments to Action: Strengthening Transboundary Cooperation for Sand and Dust Storms in North-East Asia

13:00 - 14:30

MET-05

365 (Africa Union & Gov. of South Africa) From Saudi Arabia to Mongolia -global drought resilience is not a matter of choice but a necessity

13:00 - 14:30

MET-03

367 (Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change – General Directorate of Combating Desertification and Erosion) COP31 Vision From Targets to Implementation: Achievements and new Horizons in Combating Desertification and E

13:00 - 14:30

MET-06

40 (Korea Forest Service) Experiences and Partnerships in Advancing Forest Ecosystem Restoration in Asia and Beyond

13:00 - 14:30

MET-04

413 (IUCN, WFO, WBCSD, TNC, UNCCD Parties, WB, FAO) From Commitments to Coordinated Action: Aligning Agricultural Landscapes to Deliver Land Degradation Neutrality

13:00 - 14:30

MET-02

645 (Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming (MDA); Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MMA); World Rural Forum (WRF); Regional Institute of Appropriate Small Agriculture IRPAA) From EthnoCaatinga to Productive Forests: Territorial

13:00 - 14:30

MET-07

671 (National Drought Management Authority) Restoring Land, Restoring Hope: Early Warning and Anticipatory Action for Resilient Drylands

15:00 - 16:30

MET-02

127 (IUCN) Drylands at Scale: Financing and Partnerships under the GEF-7 DSL Impact Programme

15:00 - 16:30

MET-04

134 (UNEP/Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security) Nature for Resilient Infrastructure: the global NBS-IA initiative

15:00 - 16:30

MET-05

147 (French Scientific Committee on Desertification) Strengthening science diplomacy for dialogue, trust and collective action

15:00 - 16:30

MET-03

240 (PISLM, APACHETA, UNDP) Scaling LDN solutions for whole-of-island benefits in SIDS

15:00 - 16:30

MET-06

296 (Deltares and UNCCD) Operationalising the Drought Nexus: Cross-sector Pathways for Resilience

15:00 - 16:30

MET-01

444 (Northeast Consortium, Brazil (Consórcio Nordeste)) Restoring for Prosperity: The Caatinga, the Semiarid Region, and Climate Finance

15:00 - 16:30

MET-07

539 (TMG Research) The peace dividend of investing in West Africa’s rangelands

18:00 - 19:30

MET-03

255 (Chadian Governemental Delegation) Mobilizing public and private sectors for sustainable cotton productionMobilizing public and private sectors for sustainable cotton production in Southern Chad

18:00 - 19:30

MET-30

384 (UNECE) Nature-Based Solutions for Water Security in Central Asia: From Rangeland Stewardship to Artificial Glaciers

18:00 - 19:30

MET-02

400 (Russian Federation; The Ecumene Global Forum) Guarding the Source: Practical Solutions for Protecting Intertwined Ecosystems

18:00 - 19:30

MET-10

514 (UNEP; European Commission (EC), United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), UNCCD- IDRA) Report launch: Drought Resilience Capacity indicator - Aligning monitoring, policy, implementation and investment

18:00 - 19:30

MET-04

527 (Turkish Water Institute, General Directorate of Combating Desertification and Erosion, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate change of Türkiye) From Istanbul to Abu Dhabi: Water-Land-Climate Nexus for Resilience

18:00 - 19:30

MET-07

579 (Watershed Organisation Trust) Begin with Water: Water Stewardship as the Foundation of Dryland Resilience

18:00 - 19:30

MET-05

596 (Water Authority of Mongolia, UNESCO, UN-Habitat) Transitioning to Circular Water Management for Climate-Resilient Communities in Drylands

18:00 - 19:30

MET-06

667 (WWF) The Freshwater Challenge: Accelerating drought resilience for a water secure world

18:00 - 19:30

MET-01

801 (KSA) Saudi Arabia’s Waste Management Transformation Toward a Circular Economy

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