UNITED NATIONS
JOURNAL
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
2-14 September 2019
2-14 September 2019
UNCCD
Tuesday, 3 September 2019
Content last updated on: 27 Jul 2023 08:50 CEST
Programme of Meetings and Agenda
Committee of the Whole
Plenary Hall
Committee of the Whole (COW)
Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention
Plenary Hall
Committee on Science and Technology
Main Committee Room
Main Committee Room
Forthcoming official meetings
Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention
Plenary Hall
Plenary Hall
Committee on Science and Technology
Main Committee Room
Main Committee Room
Rio Conventions Pavilion
MET-11 / Rio Pavilion
Rio Conventions Pavilion - Day of Synergies
Centre for Science and Environment: Climate co-benefits of programmes to combat land
degradation.
MET-11 / Rio Pavilion
Rio Conventions Pavilion - Day of Synergies
Economics of land degradation: Development Alternatives, WOTR & The ELD Initiative
Welcome address: Zeenat Niazi
Keynote address:A.k Jain, Additional Secretary, MoEF&CC, India
Context Setting and Presentations
- ELD Movie Screening
- Rethinking land as an economic asset: The economics of Natural Capital, Sustainable Land Management & LDN-Hannes Etter, GIZ, Germany,The ELD Initiative
- Example of land remediation project-Marcella D‟Souza,WOT
- Background Presentation on India and overall DA work-Gitika Goswami, DevelopmentAlternatives
Panel discussion:
- Mr. A.k Jain, Additional Secretary, MoEF&CC, India
- Dr Anil Markandya, Expert, Basque Centre of Climate Change, Spain
- Dr. Ashok Khosla, Chairman, Development Alternatives, India
- Farmer representative from Bundelkhand (TBA)
- Dr. Rohini Chaturvedi, Independent Consultant
- Nitin Pandit, Director of the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE)
MET-11 / Rio Pavilion
Rio Conventions Pavilion - Day of Synergies
Art for Greening:Role of artistic works to combat desertification with tree planting and enlightened
hearts.
Light refreshments will be served
Side events
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MET-07 / Side Event 2
124 IWMI Integrated Drought Risk Management (IDRM) to enhance resilience to Agricultural Drought
MET-10 / Side Event 4
64 Madagascar Protection sociale ciblant les ménages vulnérables pour faire face à la secheresse dans le Sud de Madagascar
MET-10 / Side Event 4
19 IFAD and GEF Fostering integrated approach for sustainable land management in sub-Saharan Africa
MET-07 / Side Event 2
27 UNEP Land Degradation Neutrality for better Land Use Planning
MET-13 / CSO's
55 UNICEF Water scarcity, drought and erratic climate behavior – How to mitigate their multi-sectoral impact on livelihoods of the most vulnerable? Insights from India
MET-09 / Side Event 3
57 Netherlands PBL The backdrop of LDN and the Restoration Decade: Future projections for the world on the extent and impacts of land use and land degradation from UNCCD’s GLO1
MET-06 / Side Event 1
67 UNDP Accelerating LDN Implementation through Strengthened Science-Policy-Practice Interface: Experiences of the BES-Net Trialogue in Anglophone Africa
MET-15 / WEOG-JUSCANZ
76 Brahma Kumaris Sustainable capacity building: empowering individuals and communities to act in challenging times.
MET-09 / Side Event 3
10 IFDD Présentation du Guide des négociations et du Guide interactif en ligne (partnership with UNCCD)
MET-13 / CSO's
130 UNIDO Water-Energy-Food-Nexus: Benefits for Resource Security
MET-11 / Rio Pavilion
20 Eritrea Art for Greening Campaign
MET-10 / Side Event 4
44 Tunisia Decision support for mainstreaming and scaling out sustainable land management to achieven LDN
MET-06 / Side Event 1
85 ICRAF A Unique Approach to Massive-Scale Land Restoration via EverGreen Evergy Systems
MET-07 / Side Event 2