UNITED NATIONS

JOURNAL

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

2-14 September 2019
UNCCD
Saturday, 7 September 2019
Content last updated on: 15 Feb 2022 22:52 CET

Programme of Meetings and Agenda

There are no official meetings on this day.

Forthcoming official meetings

Monday, 9 September 2019

High-level segment

Plenary Hall

Opening Ceremony of the High Level Segment (Please take your seats well in advance)

MET-16 / HLS 01-African Group

Ministerial Sessions - Roundtable 1 - Land, Climate and Renewable Energy

 

The objective of this session is to secure guidance on how land-based solutions can be strategically deployed to fight climate change and deliver access to renewable energy for all.

Chair: H. E. Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Co-Chair: H. E. Mr. Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, Iceland

(closed meeting)
MET-17 / HLS 02-Asian Group

Ministerial Sessions - Roundtable 2 - Rural and urban communities: failing or flourishing together

The objective of this session is to secure guidance on how urban and rural areas can work together to manage the land sustainably.

Chair: Ana Cristina Quiros, Vice Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Costa Rica

Co-Chair: H.E Mr. Almoustapha Garba, Minister, Ministry of Environment, Urban Safety and Sustainable Development, Niger

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

Ministerial Sessions - Roundtable 3 - Fostering a Global Movement for Ecosystem Restoration

 

The objective of this session is to secure guidance on how we can create and sustain a global movement for ecosystem restoration.

Chair: H. E. Mr. Nestor Bassiere, Minister, Ministry of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change, Burkina Faso

Co-Chair: H. E. Honourable Dr. Mahendra Reddy, Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development, Waterways and Environment, Fiji

(closed meeting)

Contact groups

MET-08 / Contact Goup 1

CRIC Contact Group

(closed meeting)
MET-13 / CSO's

CSO Consultations

MET-14 / COP Bureau and UN Staff Meetings

Friends of the Chair - New Delhi Declaration

(closed meeting)
MET-08 / Contact Goup 1

CoW Contact Group on Budget

(closed meeting)

Special events

MET-16 / HLS 01-African Group

Business Day - Plenary

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MET-17 / HLS 02-Asian Group

Local and Regional Governments Day - Session I - Inaugural Session

https://www.unccd.int/news-events/cop14-local-and-regional-governments-…

 

(closed meeting)
MET-17 / HLS 02-Asian Group

Local and Regional Governments Day - Session II – Panel Discussion - ‘Understanding the linkage between urbanization and land degradation’

https://www.unccd.int/news-events/cop14-local-and-regional-governments-…

(closed meeting)
MET-20 / EASTERN EUROPEAN GROUP

Business Day - The breakout room 1

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MET-21 / Contact Group 4

Business Day - The breakout room 2

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MET-18 / Contact Group 3

Business Day - The breakout room 3

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MET-17 / HLS 02-Asian Group

Local and Regional Governments Day - Session III– Panel discussion ‘Role of local and regional governments in ensuring sustainable land management – showcasing good practices’

https://www.unccd.int/news-events/cop14-local-and-regional-governments-…

(closed meeting)
MET-16 / HLS 01-African Group

Business Day - Plenary

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MET-17 / HLS 02-Asian Group

Local and Regional Governments Day - Session IV– Panel discussion ‘Drivers to enable local action’

https://www.unccd.int/news-events/cop14-local-and-regional-governments-…

(closed meeting)

Side events

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MET-10 / Side Event 4

109 IRD « Adaptation of agricultural systems to climate change: scientific approaches for decision making at local scale

MET-09 / Side Event 3

42 Germany GIZ WWF Just transformations for people-centered LDN: Creating an enabling environment for sustainable land management and ecosystem restoration

MET-06 / Side Event 1

7 NCCF Forest Certification as an efficient tool to combat desertification

MET-06 / Side Event 1

116 India NABARD Controlling Land Degradation through watershed approach and Sustainable Agriculture

MET-09 / Side Event 3

12 China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation Emerging force for desertification solution in China –A comprehensive utilization program for Biomass to Control land desertification and Promote sustainable land development

MET-10 / Side Event 4

16 Academy of Forestry Inventory and Planning Green sand industry development patterns promoting desertification control and poverty alleviation

MET-07 / Side Event 2

18 GBS Afforestation and cultivation of drought resistant species in Asian countries

MET-15 / WEOG-JUSCANZ

104 INDIA Scientist-E, Zoological Survey of India Conservation Challenges of Fauna in Desert and Semi Arid Ecosystems

MET-07 / Side Event 2

117 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography Bridging Science and Implementation for Land and People: Ecological restoration, Sustainable Management and Green Livelihood

MET-09 / Side Event 3

118 Mohamed VI University African universities and Combat Land Degradation

MET-06 / Side Event 1

131 Young Naturalist Network Forest Management with action against Land Degradation and Desertification

MET-10 / Side Event 4

61 UNCCD and Tsinghua University joint side event on Potential of renewable energy to promote land restoration and climate resilience