UNITED NATIONS

JOURNAL

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

2-14 September 2019
UNCCD
Thursday, 5 September 2019
Content last updated on: 1 Nov 2024 12:42 CET

Programme of Meetings and Agenda

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

CST

See: https://www.unccd.int/official-documentscst-14-new-delhi-india-2019/icc…

 

Forthcoming official meetings

Friday, 6 September 2019

Conference of the Parties

MET-14 / COP Bureau and UN Staff Meetings

COP Bureau

(closed meeting)

Committee of the Whole

Plenary Hall

Committee of the Whole (COW)

See: https://www.unccd.int/official-documentscop-14-new-delhi-india-2019/icc…

 

COP - Open Dialogue Session

Plenary Hall

COP Open Dialogue Session

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-18 / Contact Group 3

CST Contact Group

(closed meeting)
MET-07 / Side Event 2

Drynet - Consultations

(closed meeting)
MET-19 / HLS 03-GRULAC

Joint CRIC-CST Contact Group

(closed meeting)

Rio Conventions Pavilion

MET-11 / Rio Pavilion

Rio Conventions Pavilion - Day of Science - Introducing the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land

Facilitator: Mariam Akhtar-Schuster, SPI

09:00 Welcome address and introduction to the Science Day
Pradeep Monga, UNCCD Deputy Executive Secretary

09:05 Introducing Land Degradation Neutrality
Annette Cowie

09:20 Opening remarks
Mariam Akhtar-Schuster and Annette Cowie

09:30 Introduction to the report
Jim Skea (Co-Chair, Working Group III), Minal Pathak (Technical Support Unit Working Group III, Drafting Author, SPM), and Alisher Mirzabaev (Coordinating Lead Author)

10:20 Panel
Annette Cowie, Fatima Denton (Coordinating Lead Author), Jagdish Krishnaswamy (Coordinating Lead Author), Alisher Mirzabaev, Minal Pathak, Jim Skea and Lindsay Stringer Lead Author; University of Leeds)

MET-11 / Rio Pavilion

Rio Conventions Pavilion - Day of Science - Foundation for a healthy planet: The Enabling Environment for LDN

Facilitator: Nichole Barger


10:20 Brief statements on:

  • Sustainable land management for LDN - Jean-Luc Chotte
  • Food security and LDN - Eduardo Mansur, Vera Boerger
  • Human dimension of LDN - Lindsay Stringer, University of Leeds
  • Making LDN inclusive - Marioldy Sanchez Santivanez
  • The role of CSOs in achieving LDN - Youssef Brahimi (DesertNet International)
  • The Rural-Urban Nexus and LDN - Graham von Maltitz; Poonam Dabas (environmental journalist)
  • Governance and policy for LDN - André Francisco Pilon

11:00 Discussion

 

MET-11 / Rio Pavilion

Rio Conventions Pavilion - Day of Science - Tools and practices to achieve multiple benefits through LDN

Facilitator: Jim Skea, Co-Chair, IPCC Working Group III

11:30: Brief statements on:

  • Soil carbon – a key indicator for LDN - Ermias Betemariam
  • Tools for soil carbon estimation - Eleanor Campbell (University of New Hampshire)
  • Integrated land use planning to reconcile sustainable use and conservation - Peter Verburg (tbc)
  • Measures to avoid, reduce and reverse land degradation - Marijana Kapović Solomun
  • The land-drought nexus and drought-smart solutions - Mark Svoboda
  • Connecting consumption and production to create sustainable supply chains - Nichole Barger

12:00 Discussion

MET-11 / Rio Pavilion

Rio Conventions Pavilion - Day of Science - The diagnosis: Scientific Assessment to inform Policy

Facilitator: Barron Joseph Orr

13:00 Welcome address
Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD Executive Secretary


13:15 Introduction to Session 5
Jean-Luc Chotte


13:20 Land Restoration and Sustainable Development
Jeffrey Herrick, UN Environment International Resource Panel (IRP)
IRP Think Piece “Land Restoration for Achieving the SDGs”

13:35 Convergence of Evidence
Michael Cherlet, EC-Joint Research Centre
World Atlas of Desertification

13:50 Land, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Josef Settele, IPBES
Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

14:05 Land and Climate Change:
• The interconnections between climate and land
  Fatima Denton, IPCC SRCCL Coordinating Lead Author
• Achieving co-benefits through managing land and climate risks
  Jagdish Krishnaswamy, IPCC SRCCL Coordinating Lead Author

14:35 Making Assessments Matter: The Knowledge Hub Approach
Douglas Cripe, GEO
Group on Earth Observations

14:50 Reflections
Barron Joseph Orr


COFFEE BREAK (15:00-15:30)

MET-11 / Rio Pavilion

Rio Conventions Pavilion - Day of Science - Regenerating a Liveable Planet

Facilitator: Lindsay Stringer (supported by Graham von Maltitz)

This discussion session will include (i) opportunity to pose questions of clarification to speakers in session 5, (ii) short interventions from invited experts, (iii) a panel of invited experts to highlight key findings from preceding sessions, and additional findings, comments and questions from the floor.

MET-11 / Rio Pavilion

Rio Conventions Pavilion - The GEF evening - Reception

Technology Fair

Exhibition area (Hall 5)

Technology Fair - Community-based technologies and practices for sustainable land and water management in Niger

 

Improved zaï planting, half-moon technique and integrated agrosylvopastoral system
 

Presented by Family Farming Development Programme (ProDAF) supported by IFAD, ASAP, GEF, OFID and Niger Nation

Exhibition area (Hall 5)

Technology Fair - Weather Based Localized Planning & Implementation : Reaching the Unreached

 

Strengthening community based institutions and improving natural resource management
 

Presented by Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS) supported by IFAD

Exhibition area (Hall 5)

Technology Fair - Navadhanya Crop System – Reviving Regenerative Traditions of the Drylands

 

Navadhanya system provides for yearlong supply of diverse pulses, oil seeds, millets and vegetables for household consumption and limited sale

Presented by AP Drought Mitigation Project, Department of Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh, supported by IFAD

Exhibition area (Hall 5)

Technology Fair - Ecological Restoration of Common Lands for Enhanced Drought Resilience

 

Regeneration of the common lands through facilitating community to evolve norms on their protection, management and usage

Presented by AP Drought Mitigation Project, Department of Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh, supported by IFAD

Side events

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MET-06 / Side Event 1

137 India Vertiver Ancient Grains and Water Management Practices for Sustainable Land Management

MET-07 / Side Event 2

78 FAO Regional initiative to counter land degradation in the Mediterranean, Near East and Eastern Europe – LANDMEDNET

MET-07 / Side Event 2

101 WRI IUCN Innovation, technology and local knowledge for fostering a global movement for restoration

MET-13 / CSO's

13 South Africa South African initiatives to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality targets by 2030

MET-10 / Side Event 4

15 UN Woman Gender equality: a key for achieving Land Degradation Neutrality

MET-09 / Side Event 3

74 CARI Initiatives oasiennes au Maghreb et bonnes pratiques de lutte contre la désertification: cas des projets Gassom et Devoasis

MET-15 / WEOG-JUSCANZ

97 Achieving land degradation neutrality 2030: Forest and land degradation rehabilitation in Indonesia

MET-06 / Side Event 1

98 Korea Forest Service LDN Implementation through Greening Drylands Partnership (GDP)

MET-06 / Side Event 1

102 Conservation International We now have targets, but how do we achieve LDN? Decision Support Tools for planning and monitoring

MET-09 / Side Event 3

30 ACSAD's achievements in Implementation of UNCCD activities, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Convention

MET-10 / Side Event 4

54 JICA African Initiative for Combating Desertification (AI-CD) Accelerating Global Efforts on Combating Desertification towards Achieving SDGs in 2030

MET-13 / CSO's

69 FAO Land Degradation Neutrality for Water Security and Drought

MET-15 / WEOG-JUSCANZ

79 UNCCD/Mirova The Role of the Private Sector in Financing Ecosystem Restoration and Land Degradation Neutrality