UNITED NATIONS
JOURNAL
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
2-14 September 2019
2-14 September 2019
UNCCD
Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Content last updated on: 15 Feb 2022 22:52 CET
Programme of Meetings and Agenda
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
Forthcoming official meetings
Thursday, 5 September 2019
Conference of the Parties
MET-14 / COP Bureau and UN Staff Meetings
COP Bureau
(closed meeting)
Committee of the Whole
Plenary Hall
COW
Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention
MET-04 / CRIC Bureau Meetings
CRIC Bureau
(closed meeting)
Committee on Science and Technology
Main Committee Room
Regional consultations
The designations employed do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the secretariat
of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
MET-16 / HLS 01-African Group
African Group
(closed meeting)
MET-20 / EASTERN EUROPEAN GROUP
Eastern European Group
(closed meeting)
MET-19 / HLS 03-GRULAC
GRULAC
(closed meeting)
MET-17 / HLS 02-Asian Group
Asian Group
(closed meeting)
MET-15 / WEOG-JUSCANZ
JUSCANZ
(closed meeting)
MET-03 / Arab Group
Group of Arab Countries
(closed meeting)
Contact groups
MET-13 / CSO's
CSO Consultations
MET-08 / Contact Goup 1
Contact Group on Budget
(closed meeting)
Rio Conventions Pavilion
MET-11 / Rio Pavilion
Rio Conventions Pavilion - TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS)
09:30 - 10:30 > How green is our Food?
10:30 - 11:45 > Case Presentations: Linkages between Sustainable Food Choices and
11:45 - 12:15 > Land Desertification Neutrality (LDN)
12:15 - 12:30 > Discussions and Q&A
Conclusion and Way forward
MET-11 / Rio Pavilion
Rio Conventions Pavilion - To Caucus Gender
> Welcome (Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD Executive Secretary)
> Introduction (UNCCD)
> Gender at COP (discussion &group work) (IUCN/UNDP/UN-Women/UNCCD)
> Report back in plenary on discussions and Q&A
> Conclusions and next steps
Technology Fair
Exhibition area (Hall 5)
Technology Fair - Intelligence from Remote Sensing : A preview of IRS Data Products and Services from National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC)
Speakers: Dr. N. Arapna and Mr. V. V. Ganesh, India
Exhibition area (Hall 5)
Technology Fair - Land Degradation Neutrality: Why it matters, how it’s done? presented by GIZ
Speaker: Jutta Schmitz, Germany
Exhibition area (Hall 5)
Technology Fair - Measuring progress towards LDN: trends.earth as a catalyzer for action. Presented by GEO-LDN
Speaker : Mariano-Gonzalez-Roglich, Conservation International, USA
Side events
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MET-07 / Side Event 2
114 GVS Manifest Climate-Smart Sustainable Agriculture Practices Based on Indigenous Cow Resources from a Hamlet to the World
MET-10 / Side Event 4
138 India IORA Vulnerability of Forests and Biodiversity in Mizoram due to Climate Change and its impact on Ecosystems
MET-06 / Side Event 1
3 Guyana Caribbean Trajectory for Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Development and Management to Strengthen the Implementation of the Convention - Sponsored by the Government of Guyana
MET-09 / Side Event 3
81 Future Forest Invitation of global NGO’s for Collective Impact – to reach LDN 2030. Also to provide stage for all invited NGO’s to present activities and suggestions.
MET-07 / Side Event 2
121 IFAD Sustainable transition of shifting cultivation systems for land degradation neutrality
MET-13 / CSO's
125 BothEnds Pathways for big money to reach local communities: how large funds can support communities to contribute to Land Degradation Neutrality and SDG15.3 while leaving no one behind.
MET-06 / Side Event 1
49 European Commission The new World Atlas of Desertification for Land Degradation Neutrality
MET-10 / Side Event 4
63 UNCCD/GM The Global Mechanism supporting Land Degradation Neutrality: From Targets to implementation
MET-09 / Side Event 3
83 World Bank Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods in Africa and Central Asia Drylands
MET-07 / Side Event 2
136 Indian conferederation Industries Sustainable Land Management Practices by Indian Business
MET-09 / Side Event 3
24 CEN-SAD Sustainable development in Africa Sahelo-Saharian region: A land degradation, climate change and migration nexus
MET-06 / Side Event 1
32 WOCAT Showcasing on- and off-site benefits of Sustainable Land management
Organizations confirmed for this event are WOCAT, GB Pant Institute and ICIMOD, Soil Conservation Service of Iceland.
MET-13 / CSO's
58 UN Statistics Division Natural Capital Accounting in support of land degradation neutrality
MET-10 / Side Event 4
65 IUCN Designing national targets and mobilizing actors across sectors in order to catalyze synergies between the 3 Rio Conventions
MET-15 / WEOG-JUSCANZ