Programme

Thursday, Dec. 5 2024

Conference of the Parties

10:00 - 13:00

Plenary Hall

Open Dialogue Session

COP 6th meeting

Inclusion of activities of civil society organizations within the official programme of work of the Conference of the Parties

Committee on Science and Technology

15:00 - 18:00

Plenary Hall

CST 3rd meeting

SPI, agrifood

Contact groups

13:00 - 15:00

MET-12

COW Contact Group on other matters

18:00 - 20:00

MET-13

CRIC Contact Group

18:00 - 20:00

MET-14

CST Contact Group

Action agenda

08:00 - 08:45

MET-33

Wrapping up a COP year: the role of agrifood systems across the three Rio Conventions

08:30 - 10:00

MET-24

Soil Carbon Sequestration: status and challenges for scaling up

09:00 - 10:15

MET-33

AGFUND, BADEA, Innovation Commission: Flagships projects

09:00 - 10:30

MET-25

NENA High-Level Breakfast Dialogue on Investment for Planet and People

09:30 - 11:00

MET-23

Building a greener future: Tackle the nexus between sustainable value chain and land restoration for the Great Green Wall

10:30 - 11:30

MET-33

World Soil Day celebration

11:00 - 12:30

MET-25

Leverage diaspora resources for Climate Resilience and Sustainable Land Use

11:30 - 12:30

MET-24

Inter-ministerial Coordination in Action

11:30 - 13:00

MET-23

Restoring the Forgotten Landscapes: A High-Level Dialogue on Funding Grasslands, Savannahs, and Rangelands

11:45 - 12:45

MET-33

Deploying Innovative Financing Instruments

13:00 - 15:00

MET-33

High-level interactive dialogue on sustainable, resilient and inclusive agri-food systems

15:00 - 17:00

MET-23

Enabling environments for smallholder farmers to transition to socio-ecological resilient agri-food systems

15:00 - 16:00

MET-25

Soil Global Act

15:00 - 16:30

MET-24

Sustainable and Integrated Value-Chains Development

15:30 - 17:00

MET-33

VACS in Action

16:00 - 17:00

MET-25

Launch of the Global Platform on Dryland Agriculture Innovative Technologies

17:00 - 18:30

MET-24

Framing sustainable agricultural approaches

17:00 - 18:30

MET-25

Soil Amendments

17:30 - 19:00

MET-33

Investing in Sustainable Agrifood Systems Transformation: The GEF Food Systems Integrated Program (FSIP) Launch

17:30 - 19:00

MET-23

Soil Health for Food Security and Resilience

Other meetings

08:00 - 09:00

MET-32

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Negotiation Team

08:30 - 09:00

MET-15

Indigenous Peoples Caucus

08:30 - 10:00

MET-26

Meeting of the Regional Implementation for Central and Eastern Europe (Annex V)

09:00 - 10:00

MET-15

CSO Consultations

09:00 - 10:00

MET-09

Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Africa (Annex I)

09:00 - 10:00

MET-10

Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Asia (Annex II)

09:00 - 10:00

MET-11

Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Latin America and the Caribbean (Annex III)

09:00 - 13:00

MET-22

Youth Conference

09:30 - 10:00

MET-27

Private Meeting

10:00 - 11:30

MET-32

Riyadh Action Agenda: Land Restoration Dialogue

13:00 - 14:00

MET-20

GEF- Private Meeting

13:00 - 14:00

MET-32

Group of Arab States Coordination Meeting

14:00 - 18:00

MET-22

Youth Conference

14:00 - 15:30

MET-29

Youth Conference Consultation

18:00 - 19:00

MET-20

UNEP- Private Meeting

Side events

09:00 - 10:30

MET-04

105 - International Organization for Migration Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa (IOM RO MENA) Leveraging data and research for resilience building and addressing drought as an adverse driver that compel people to leave

09:00 - 10:30

MET-03

184 - Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS) Greening Degraded Landscapes Developing Sustainable Afforestation Strategies in Degraded Croplands

09:00 - 10:30

MET-07

213 - ICARDA Integrated Desert Farming Systems (IDFS): Transformative Food Systems for Resilient Livelihoods

09:00 - 10:30

MET-06

265 - Save Soil Movement – ISHA Foundation Rejuvenating degraded lands and preventing degradation of agricultural lands to meet a 50 per cent reduction in degraded lands by 2040

09:00 - 10:30

MET-02

59 - Ministry of Environment. Desertification, drought, and dust storms in Iraq

09:00 - 10:30

MET-01

97 - Asociación Certified Climate Actions (Rural Loop) Connecting science to practice - engaging rural communities to take actions against desertification

11:00 - 12:30

MET-06

163 - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Sustainable management of soils in drylands from a soil health perspective

11:00 - 12:30

MET-08

169 - IUCN “Agriculture and Conservation”, IUCN Flagship Report presentation and discussion

11:00 - 12:30

MET-01

182 - CropLife Africa Middle East Transforming Food Systems and Building Resilience

11:00 - 12:30

MET-03

212 - The National Center for Vegetation Cover Combating Desertification (NCVC) Harnessing the potential of agroforestry for food security, livelihoods, and land restoration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

11:00 - 12:30

MET-07

273 - Switzerland SDC Bridging the 3 Rio Conventions through Agroecology

11:00 - 12:30

MET-02

284 - FAO Sustaining food and nutrition security in dryland landscapes in the context of agriculture and forest linkages

11:00 - 12:30

MET-05

299 - WBCSD Agroforestry for sustainable land restoration

11:00 - 12:30

MET-29

307 - World Economic Forum 100 Million Farmers: Unlocking Co-Benefits for Soil, Water, and Farmer Resilience

11:00 - 12:30

MET-04

94 - Agropolis International/ French Scientific Committee on Desertification (CSFD) Avoid, reduce, restore degraded land the journey to sustainable food system: a focus on local scales

13:00 - 14:30

MET-05

158 - Madagascar. Resilient Landscapes: Practical Solutions for Food Security and Reversing Desertification

13:00 - 14:30

MET-06

297 - Sustainable Development Solutions Network Nature Restoration Labs: The launch of an education-led

13:00 - 14:30

MET-04

375 - STAP/GEF Why drought resilience matters for the global environment

13:00 - 14:30

MET-02

383 - SE from FAO Agrifood system transformation: Experiences from Sustainable Rural Agricultural Development Programme in Saudi Arabia

13:00 - 14:30

MET-08

41 - University for International Cooperation Soil life at the center of regeneration

13:00 - 14:30

MET-07

48 - Commission Climat pour la Région du Sahel (CCRS) Nature-based solutions as innovative and adapted responses for strengthening the resilience of Sahelian communities and their livelihoods: status report, issues and challenges

13:00 - 14:30

MET-03

Arid Land Research Center, International Platform for Dryland Research and Education, Tottori University Accelerating the Cycle of Evidence-Based SLM Technologies and Approaches: From Collection to Dissemination" (Co-hosted by Tottori University, WOCAT, a

15:30 - 17:00

MET-01

128 - Consórcio Nordeste/Northeast Consortium. Reecatingar: financial tools to protect our biome

15:30 - 17:00

MET-08

303 - Eco Agriculture Partners/ Cooperation Is Green Infrastructure: Landscapes Offer an Effective Response to Desertification and Long-Term Drought

15:30 - 17:00

MET-04

306 - GIZ. Sustainable Land Management and Agroecology in Synergy: Evidence, Good Practices and Lessons Learnt for Scaling

15:30 - 17:00

MET-02

316 - Ministry of Social Development of Brazil Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty: the role of drylands in promoting food security

15:30 - 17:00

MET-07

333 - The Nature Conservancy The Role of Soil Health in Promoting Resilient, Multifunctional Landscapes under Climate Change

15:30 - 17:00

MET-06

60 - IRD. Agroecology: A game changer to address aridity issues

15:30 - 17:00

MET-03

Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition - Climate Change Adaptation Directorate Ecoregional Approach for Mapping Land Degradation and estimating SDG indicator 15.3.1 in Highly Diverse Countries

18:00 - 19:30

MET-05

101 - AUDA-NEPAD The Nairobi Declaration on Fertilizer and Soil Health: Accelerating action on soil health in Africa for resilient landscapes and food security

18:00 - 19:30

MET-03

15 - CEO & Head, Agribusiness and Innovation Platform , ICRISAT Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture for Healthier Communities

18:00 - 19:30

MET-08

22 - Global Ever Greening Alliance The launch of a strategic harmonizing approach to land restoration and fighting climate change

18:00 - 19:30

MET-07

53 - Department of Watershed Revitalization, Access to Water and Multiple Use of Water Resources Freshwater ecosystems and the desertification agenda

18:00 - 19:30

MET-04