Home Official documents COP 16, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2024 Programme COP 16 Overview Programme Official documents Daily journal Participate News & media Tuesday, Dec. 3 2024 Printable versionSat 30 Sun 1 Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Mon 9 Tue 10 Wed 11 Thu 12 Fri 13 Conference of the Parties 10:00 - 13:00 Main Committee Room COP 3rd meeting Ministerial dialogue on finance: “Unlocking public and private finance for land restoration and drought resilience” 14:00 - 17:00 Plenary Hall COP 4th meeting Ministerial Dialogue: Impacts of Land Degradation and Drought on Forced Migration, Security and Prosperity 15:00 - 18:00 MET-09 COP 5th meeting Formal statements Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention 10:00 - 13:00 Plenary Hall CRIC 1st meeting Opening, organizational matters, effective implementation of the Convention Committee on Science and Technology 15:00 - 18:00 Main Committee CST 1st meeting Opening, organizational matters, SPI work programme Contact groups 14:00 - 15:00 MET-16 COW Contact Group on Budget 18:00 - 20:00 MET-16 COW Contact Group on Budget 18:00 - 20:00 MET-12 CoW Contact Group on other matters 18:00 - 20:00 MET-13 CRIC Contact Group Special events 10:00 - 11:30 MET-32 Riyadh Action Agenda: Water Resilience Dialogue 13:00 - 14:30 MET-24 Türkiye's Vision Document on Combating Desertification: National Strategy and Action Plan to Combat Desertification Action agenda 08:30 - 08:45 MET-33 Inauguration of Finance Discussions: Keynote - Saudi Environment Fund 09:00 - 10:00 MET-33 Inauguration of Finance Discussions: Needs and Opportunities 13:00 - 14:00 MET-33 Leveraging Islamic Finance to Combat Desertification 14:00 - 15:00 MET-33 Financing Drought Resilience in the Horn of Africa 15:00 - 16:15 MET-33 Harnessing the Power of the Market 16:15 - 16:30 MET-33 Launch of the Takaful Alliance 16:30 - 17:30 MET-33 Investing for Impact Other meetings 08:30 - 09:00 MET-22 Indigenous Peoples Caucus 08:30 - 10:00 MET-09 Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Africa (Annex I) 08:30 - 10:00 MET-10 Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Asia (Annex II) 08:30 - 10:00 MET-26 Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Central and Eastern Europe (Annex V) 09:00 - 10:00 MET-22 CSO Consultations 09:00 - 10:00 MET-11 Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Latin America and the Caribbean (Annex III) 13:00 - 14:00 MET-32 Group of Arab States coordination meeting 14:00 - 15:00 MET-21 Meeting of the C-SIDS Ministers and UNCCD 18:30 - 20:30 MET-29 Peace Forest Initiative High-level Partners Roundtable Side events 09:00 - 10:30 MET-01 181 - UNDP Catalyzing Private Investment to Protect and Restore Our Land: A New Partnership Between UNCCD and the Nature Investment Facility 09:00 - 10:30 MET-05 275 - Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH - GIZ The Economics of Drought – presentation of the UNCCD Flagship Report 09:00 - 10:30 MET-07 339 - Bankers Without Boundaries (BwB) Aligning Carbon and Biodiversity Credits: Actionable Pathway for Carbon and Biodiversity Credit Mechanisms 09:00 - 10:30 MET-06 63 - People Environment and Sustainability Foundation Women, Culture and Climate and Land Rights in Sub Saharan Africa 11:00 - 12:30 MET-01 100 - Unpacking the intersections between desertification/land degradation and drought (DLDD), climate change, peace and security, and displacement: a case from the MENA region International Organization for Migration Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa (IOM RO MENA) 11:00 - 12:30 MET-04 164 - OPEC Fund For International Development Arab Coordination Group (ACG): 50 years of Financing Resilient & Sustainable Development 11:00 - 12:30 MET-24 390 - Unlocking the Power of Nature Finance for Global Resilience. Lessons learned and benefits from nature finance for achieving land degradation neutrality 11:00 - 12:30 MET-03 NCVC Harnessing the Power of mangrowes conserving and restoring Saudi Arabia's mangrove ecosystems to unlockenvironmental social and economicbenefits for local communities. 13:00 - 14:30 MET-05 336 - African Development Bank HIGH LEVEL EVENT MOBILIZING RESOURCES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GREAT GREEN WALL: CURRENT STATUS AND WAY FORWARD 13:00 - 14:30 MET-01 Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development From Thirst to Prosperity: Investing in a Water-Smart Future for the Arab World 15:30 - 17:00 MET-02 204 - Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative / GIZ Financing Land Restoration - Joint Action Across Conventions 15:30 - 17:00 MET-06 251 - Italian Agency for Development Cooperation NEXUS Approaches and Source-To-Sea Management: Tools for Enhancing Convention’s sustainable land management pursuits 15:30 - 17:00 MET-07 369 - Commonwealth Secretariat Sustainable Land Management and Climate Resilience: Addressing Desertification and Land Degradation in the Commonwealth 18:00 - 19:30 MET-06 365 - Islamic Development Bank Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) support for Life on Land 18:00 - 20:00 MET-07 Extraordinary Ministerial Council Meeting for the Panafrican Agency for the Great Green Wall
10:00 - 13:00 Main Committee Room COP 3rd meeting Ministerial dialogue on finance: “Unlocking public and private finance for land restoration and drought resilience”
14:00 - 17:00 Plenary Hall COP 4th meeting Ministerial Dialogue: Impacts of Land Degradation and Drought on Forced Migration, Security and Prosperity
10:00 - 13:00 Plenary Hall CRIC 1st meeting Opening, organizational matters, effective implementation of the Convention
13:00 - 14:30 MET-24 Türkiye's Vision Document on Combating Desertification: National Strategy and Action Plan to Combat Desertification
08:30 - 10:00 MET-26 Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Central and Eastern Europe (Annex V)
09:00 - 10:00 MET-11 Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Latin America and the Caribbean (Annex III)
09:00 - 10:30 MET-01 181 - UNDP Catalyzing Private Investment to Protect and Restore Our Land: A New Partnership Between UNCCD and the Nature Investment Facility
09:00 - 10:30 MET-05 275 - Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH - GIZ The Economics of Drought – presentation of the UNCCD Flagship Report
09:00 - 10:30 MET-07 339 - Bankers Without Boundaries (BwB) Aligning Carbon and Biodiversity Credits: Actionable Pathway for Carbon and Biodiversity Credit Mechanisms
09:00 - 10:30 MET-06 63 - People Environment and Sustainability Foundation Women, Culture and Climate and Land Rights in Sub Saharan Africa
11:00 - 12:30 MET-01 100 - Unpacking the intersections between desertification/land degradation and drought (DLDD), climate change, peace and security, and displacement: a case from the MENA region International Organization for Migration Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa (IOM RO MENA)
11:00 - 12:30 MET-04 164 - OPEC Fund For International Development Arab Coordination Group (ACG): 50 years of Financing Resilient & Sustainable Development
11:00 - 12:30 MET-24 390 - Unlocking the Power of Nature Finance for Global Resilience. Lessons learned and benefits from nature finance for achieving land degradation neutrality
11:00 - 12:30 MET-03 NCVC Harnessing the Power of mangrowes conserving and restoring Saudi Arabia's mangrove ecosystems to unlockenvironmental social and economicbenefits for local communities.
13:00 - 14:30 MET-05 336 - African Development Bank HIGH LEVEL EVENT MOBILIZING RESOURCES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GREAT GREEN WALL: CURRENT STATUS AND WAY FORWARD
13:00 - 14:30 MET-01 Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development From Thirst to Prosperity: Investing in a Water-Smart Future for the Arab World
15:30 - 17:00 MET-02 204 - Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative / GIZ Financing Land Restoration - Joint Action Across Conventions
15:30 - 17:00 MET-06 251 - Italian Agency for Development Cooperation NEXUS Approaches and Source-To-Sea Management: Tools for Enhancing Convention’s sustainable land management pursuits
15:30 - 17:00 MET-07 369 - Commonwealth Secretariat Sustainable Land Management and Climate Resilience: Addressing Desertification and Land Degradation in the Commonwealth
18:00 - 19:30 MET-06 365 - Islamic Development Bank Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) support for Life on Land
18:00 - 20:00 MET-07 Extraordinary Ministerial Council Meeting for the Panafrican Agency for the Great Green Wall
