Other meetings & events

An entire week of global programming will be dedicated to helping leaders choose innovative and bold solutions to stem the pandemic and drive a robust recovery over the next year. The Davos Agenda will also mark the launch of the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset Initiative and begin the preparation of the Special Annual Meeting in the spring. Each day will focus on one of the five domains of the Great Reset Initiative: Monday 25 January: Special Addresses, Leadership Panels and Impact Sessions on Designing cohesive, sustainable and resilient economic systems Tuesday 26 January: Special Addresses, Leadership Panels and Impact Sessions on Driving responsible industry transformation and growth Wednesday 27 January: Special Addresses, Leadership Panels and Impact Sessions on Enhancing stewardship of our global commons. From 12:00 - 13:00 CET UNCCD will participate in the session "Building A Net-Zero, Nature-Positive Economy" Thursday 28 January: Special Addresses, Leadership Panels and Impact Sessions on Harnessing the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Friday 29 January: Special Addresses, Leadership Panels and Impact Sessions on Advancing global and regional cooperation Follow the event on @WEF social channels.

Don't miss takeover of @FoodSystems Twitter account by UNCCD and WWF. Meet land heroes who transform food systems to protect land health and productivity. Join the discussions and see how land matters for climate, food security, biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods to meet Global Goals.

Biodiversity is our life insurance, but it is under threat. The COVID19 crisis has dramatically changed our lives; and it has also brought to the forefront the crucial need to better preserve biodiversity. Our lives and economies rely on nature. France, together with the United Nations and the World Bank, is organizing a "One Planet Summit" for biodiversity on 11 January 2021 in Paris. The Summit will bring together heads of state and government, leaders of international organizations, financial institutions, companies and NGOs, all ready to demonstrate that their commitments are leading to concrete actions to preserve and restore biodiversity, and to lead systemic transformations of our economies. This high-level meeting is a major milestone for the political mobilization for nature in 2021, the year that should lead to an ambitious new international agreement on biodiversity. It is time for action. Everyone has a role to play. Let’s collectively scale up the solutions to keep our planet safe! Register here...

Let’s Talk!  A discussion on the themes of the Human Development Report 2020  Human Development and the Anthropocene: The Next Frontier Expanding Human Freedoms in Balance with the Planet  December 16th 2020, 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. CET The event will be livestreamed on Facebook All too often, development reports focus only on nature or people. This is a false dichotomy in the Anthropocene – the Age of Humans. The 2020 Human Development Report (HDR2020) launching on 15 December, suggests a way forward for the future of human development in balance with the planet. In this virtual dialogue, UN Bonn, together with the City of Bonn will present and discuss the key findings of the HDR 2020. It will bring together UN agencies, organizations and interested individuals in Bonn and around.  Speakers Toily Kurbanov, United Nations Volunteers, Officer-In-Charge Katja Dörner, City of Bonn, Germany, Lady Mayor  Emma Morley, United Nations Volunteers, Chief of Volunteer Advisory Services Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC, Deputy Executive Secretary Tina Birmpili, UNCCD, Deputy Executive Secretary

Known as the people’s Summit, the ambition of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit is to launch a collective journey of transforming our food systems to give us the best possible chance of delivering on the 2030 agenda.  On Thursday 10 December, at 14:00 CET, WWF, UNFCCC, Alliance for Future Generations and UNCCD are happy to invite you for an Action Track 3 Public Forum to listen to your ideas and input, and inform next steps on the path towards nature-positive production. Register here...