UNITED NATIONS
JOURNAL
2-14 September 2019
UNCCD
Programme of Meetings and Agenda
High-level segment
Opening Ceremony of the High Level Segment (Please take your seats well in advance)
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
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
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
Forthcoming official meetings
High-level segment
High-Level Segment: Formal Statements Session - Provisional List of Speakers
Provisional List of Speakers:
- Armenia
- Italy
- Bhutan
- Seychelles
- Haiti
- Central African Republic
- Cameroun
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Zambia
- Iceland
- Bangladesh
- Costa Rica
- Cambodia
- Lebanon
- Benin
- Eritrea
- Indonesia
- Nigeria
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Malawi
- Guyana
- Ecuador
- Chile
- African Union
Interactive dialogue 1: A Values-Based Approach to Land Stewardship (Session 2-1)
This dialogue will seek to look at and articulate how a values-based approach to land stewardship would help engage stakeholders, change mindsets about the true value of land and support implementation of the UNCCD.
Chair: St. Lucia
Panelists: Representatives of: Isha Foundation, Holy See, Indigenous Communities and Civil Society
Interactive dialogue 2: Healthy Land: Healthy People (Session 2-2)
This dialogue will seek to look at and articulate how an effective implementation of the UNCCD could have a positive impact on human health if the DLDD related drivers of ill-health were addressed in a multi-sectoral way.
Chair: Zambia
Panelists: Representatives of: Global Water Partnership, WHO, IPCC, Private Sector, Ministries of Health and Foreign affairs
UNEP/FAO consultation on the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030
Interactive dialogue 3: Boosting Sustainable Value Chains for Land Based Businesses (Session 2-3)
This dialogue will seek to look at the huge potential to build sustainable value chains from products sourced in the drylands or from restored land.
Chair: Ghana
Panelists: Representatives of: Private Sector, IRENA
HLS Final Statements
Rio Conventions Pavilion
Rio Conventions Pavilion - The GEF Day
Session 1 – Introduction: setting the scene; introducing the notion of transformation
A. What means transformation? The meaning in science, in policies, in project to address LD?
o Format: TED Talk
o Time 20’
o Reference: STAP document
Session 2 – The constituents for transformational change
B. Theme: PLATFORMS of multiple stakeholders
o Format: World Café;
o Time 60’
o representatives from PSLIM in the Caribbean (regional platform), global platform, a representative of a national of local platform (Mr. Ajay Jakhar, the chairman of the Indian Farmers Collective)
C. Film on the GGWI: 20’
D. SCALING, REPLICATION, CATALYTIC EFFECT:
o Format: panel: formulating series of questions about the notion of scaling, replication, catalytic effect to the different invitees;
o Time: 60’
o Representatives from the IAP - Food Security (Jonky Tenou, IFAD); the Drylands Program (Thomas Hammond, FAO); SAWAP/GGWI.
o Representative of a farmers’ cooperation / country representative, private sector/banking system.
E. SUSTAINABILITY: transformation through effective and sustainable stakeholder involvement
o Format: panel/interviews
o Private sector/financing entity (LDN Fund); a CSO network (SOS Sahel, Drynet), a national government about decentralization and capacity building , scientific organization to talk about knowledge management systems, monitoring tools.
Session 3 – Responding to questions from the audience
o Format: Panel / Q and A
o Facilitator
Global Mechanism (Juan Carlos Mendoza); Chiz Aoki for the GEF Secretariat; representative of the GEF7 Sustainable Drylands Impact Program , CSO representative, Private sector representative, STAP.
1. Each panel member will have 3 minutes to give their views about the session and highlight ONE key element related to transformation.
2. Series of 3-4 questions will be read by the Facilitator and each panel member will be invited to respond
Each Panel member will be invited to conclude by sharing their directions and opportunities for transformation (LDN, Impact Programs, etc).
Special events
Dialogue with UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner on Climate Change and Human Development
Location: India Pavillion
Participants: Arunabha Ghosh, CEEW; Samyukta Samaddar, Niti Aayog, Govt of India
Technology Fair
Technology Fair - The Kubuqi Model – A private sector driving business model for eco-restoration of large-scale degraded ecosystem
Kubuqi desert is the 7th largest desert of China with a total land area of 18 600 km2. Thirty years ago, Elion was a salt chemistry plant at the heart of the desert and was suffering the severe sand storms. Over the last decades, they developed an afforestation strategy and an ecological business plan relying on the resources of the desert. Today, more than one third of the desert is covered with vegetation and an integrated business model was established. The key elements of the model include policy support from the Government, local communities’ participation and private sectors leadership driving the process. Kubuqi became the first desert under full restoration and the Kubuqi model is a great example of good practices in restoration of large-scale degraded ecosystems.
Presented by Elion Resources Group
Speaker : Dr. Cai Mantang, Chief Science advisor
Technology Fair - Digital approaches towards Sustainable Soil Management
GIZ and MANAGE will be presenting the digital platform Network for information on Climate Change for Sustainable Soil Management (SSM). This platform is based on open source technologies and provides localized advisories to the farmers towards climate resilience and SSM practices. The advisory processes are through network-based knowledge management approaches and feedback from the farmers.
Presented by the Indian office of Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Speaker : Dr. Jabir Ali, Dr. Indraneel Ghosh and Mr. Himanshu