Home Official documents COP 16, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2024 Programme COP 16 Overview Programme Official documents Daily journal Participate News & media Saturday, Dec. 7 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 Regional consultations 13:00 - 15:00 MET-32 Group of Arab States coordination meeting Contact groups 10:00 - 18:00 MET-16 COW Contact Group on Budget 10:00 - 15:00 MET-12 CoW contact group on other matters 10:00 - 13:00 MET-14 CST contact group 14:00 - 18:00 MET-13 CRIC Contact group 15:00 - 18:00 MET-14 CST Contact Group Special events 09:00 - 10:30 MET-23 Youth Uniting for Policy Coherence: Bridging the Gap in Global Desertification and Land Restoration Efforts 10:30 - 12:00 MET-24 Misk Foundation: By Youth for Youth: Youth at the Forefront 12:30 - 14:00 MET-23 Decent Work in Nature-based Solutions 2024: ILO-IUCN-UNEP Report Launch 12:30 - 14:00 MET-25 Restoration of Global Rangelands for People, Nature and Human Well-being and Development 14:00 - 15:30 MET-25 Mobility Matters: In the Footsteps of Pastoralists And Hunter-gatherer Walking Around the World 15:00 - 16:20 MET-24 Gender Caucus: Emerging best practices on the collection of sex-disaggregated data and gender-responsive indicators for DLDD initiatives 15:30 - 17:00 MET-23 The Role of Indigenous Peoples on Ecosystem Restoration 16:30 - 18:00 MET-24 Gender Caucus: Women-led Solutions for Drought Resilience and Adaptation: Key Findings, and Conversation with Selected Country-based Women Champions Action agenda 10:00 - 13:00 MET-33 High-level event: Indigenous Peoples for Land 15:00 - 18:00 MET-33 Youth Forum Action for Land, Restoring Work for Resilient and Sustainable Futures Other meetings 08:30 - 10:00 MET-10 Annex II 08:30 - 10:00 MET-03 Annex V 08:30 - 17:00 MET-09 GLOBAL DIALOGUE FORUM 08:30 - 09:00 MET-22 Indigenous Peoples Caucus 09:00 - 10:00 MET-29 Annex I 09:00 - 10:00 MET-11 Annex III 09:00 - 10:00 MET-22 CSO Consultations 10:00 - 12:00 MET-21 Steering committee meeting between the Arab league and China 12:00 - 13:00 MET-30 EU Coordination meeting 15:00 - 18:00 MET-28 Gender Caucus technical sessions Side events 09:00 - 10:30 MET-04 152 - Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) The Gateway to Land Restoration and Resilience: Pathways to Land Tenure for Women & Youth 09:00 - 10:30 MET-01 159 - FAO Restoration Revolution: Strategic investments for MENA’s future 09:00 - 10:30 MET-07 199 - FAO-KSA, WOCAT, and NCVC: SLM Framework for Implementing and Upscaling Good Practices in Saudi Arabia 09:00 - 10:30 MET-08 24 - Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University Empowering Our Future: Bringing Land Back to Life through Resilient and Thriving Communities 09:00 - 10:30 MET-05 80 - Bridgers Association Scalable Technological Innovations and Renewable Energy Solutions for Combating Drought, Desertification, and Agricultural Challenges 09:00 - 10:30 MET-03 89 - United Youth Initiative for Africa Our Future Starts with Us: Youth-Driven Solutions for Drought and Desertification 09:00 - 10:30 MET-06 9 - Actions sans Frontières YOUNG DREAM 2063 09:00 - 10:30 MET-02 CIFOR/ICRAF/RAIL : Unlocking Large-Scale Dryland 11:00 - 12:30 MET-07 131 - IUAF & CIFOR-ICRAF Global movements to scale land and soil regeneration: the behavioral science approach 11:00 - 12:30 MET-03 151 - Adapting Education Systems to Climate Challenges 11:00 - 12:30 MET-05 157 - UNCCD - G20 GLI Sacred Earth: Faith Leaders Unite for Global Restoration 11:00 - 12:30 MET-06 304 - Centro de Desenvolvimento Agroecológico Sabiá: Ask us about drought: the contribution of drylands to global climate resilience 11:00 - 12:30 MET-04 57 - UN-Habitat/ GLTN Restoring land, restoring peace: addressing the nexus among land degradation, conflict, displacement and migration 11:00 - 12:30 MET-02 85 - Universal Greening Organisation Empowering communities for land restoration; Approaches to combat desertification 13:00 - 14:30 MET-01 17 - Arid Land Research Center, International Platform for Dryland Research and Education Combating the East Asian Aeolian desertification and sand-dust storm through collaboration between Mongolia, China and Japan 13:00 - 14:30 MET-07 18 - GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) implemented by UNDP Showcasing the contribution of local actors to the implementation of the Great Green Wall strategy at the community level in the SADC region and exploring synergies for expanding their reach 13:00 - 14:30 MET-03 258 - Ministry of Forest, Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India A Gender - Responsive Perspective towards achieving Land Degradation Neutrality: Land of 'Her Land, Her Rights' 13:00 - 14:30 MET-05 267 - Conservation International Accelerating restoration across parties to UNCCD: Introducing the Ecosystem Restoration Integrated Program 13:00 - 14:30 MET-04 279 - OHCHR Addressing human rights impacts of desertification and land degradation through rights-based action 13:00 - 14:30 MET-08 319 - University of Regina Engaging the Future: How to Meaningfully Engage Youth in the UNCCD Processes 13:00 - 14:30 MET-02 37 - Secretariat Permanent Du Conseil National Pour Le Développement Durable (SP-CNDD)/ Ministère de L'Environnement Le chemin de la NDT au Burkina Faso 13:00 - 14:30 MET-06 83 - China Green Foundation Scaling Innovative Global Ecosystem Restoration through Public Private Partnership: China Deep Dive 15:30 - 17:00 MET-02 117 - Arab Gulf Program for Development “AGFUND” Towards an effective role for Arab civil society organizations in combating DLDD and strengthening the resilience of local communities in confronting its social, economic and environmental impacts 15:30 - 17:00 MET-08 219 - ICRISAT Multifunctional landscapes for building resilience and land degradation neutrality in drylands of Global South 15:30 - 17:00 MET-06 278 - World Food Forum (WFF) Youth Leadership in restoration of degraded agricultural land to enhance food security 15:30 - 17:00 MET-05 283 - University of Regina Enhancing Knowledge Mobilization and Community Engagement for Drought and Desertification Research 15:30 - 17:00 MET-07 318 - UNEP Mobility Matters: In the footsteps of pastoralists and hunter-gatherer walking around the world 15:30 - 17:00 MET-01 321 - Association Guinéenne pour la Promotion des Energies Renouvelables-AGUIPER Développement Communautaire Participatif (DCP), Genre Face A La Question Foncière En Guinée 15:30 - 17:00 MET-03 354 - World Food Programme (WFP) Building and localizing capacities for land restoration and resilience through national universities – an approach from Africa 18:00 - 19:30 MET-06 193 - ARARIPE FOUNDATION 18:00 - 19:30 MET-04 216 - WWF Mapping Grassland and Savannah Hotspots: Bridging Knowledge Gaps for Nature and People 18:00 - 19:30 MET-07 320 - UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) Locally led landscape management for land degradation neutrality, sustainable development and socio-ecological resilience 18:00 - 19:30 MET-02 340 - Landesa/Stand for Her Land Gender-transformative land restoration: a how-to dialogue 18:00 - 19:30 MET-08 361 - French Scientific Committee on Desertification - CSFD Promoting a new system of scientific and societal knowledge: research, education and training for an effective and contextualized fight against land degradation 18:00 - 20:00 MET-29 38 - UNITAR “Exploring capacity building opportunities to generate inclusive growth and prosperity in the agriculture value chain of Middle East and Africa” 18:00 - 19:30 MET-03 40 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Integrating gender equality and social inclusion in drought management 18:00 - 19:30 MET-01 61 - International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) Restoring Balance: Livestock Management for Ecosystem Resilience and Land Degradation Neutrality 18:00 - 19:30 MET-05 8 - Africa Union Commission Global Launching of the New Great Green Wall Initiative Strategy and Ten Years Implementation Framework
09:00 - 10:30 MET-23 Youth Uniting for Policy Coherence: Bridging the Gap in Global Desertification and Land Restoration Efforts
12:30 - 14:00 MET-25 Restoration of Global Rangelands for People, Nature and Human Well-being and Development
14:00 - 15:30 MET-25 Mobility Matters: In the Footsteps of Pastoralists And Hunter-gatherer Walking Around the World
15:00 - 16:20 MET-24 Gender Caucus: Emerging best practices on the collection of sex-disaggregated data and gender-responsive indicators for DLDD initiatives
16:30 - 18:00 MET-24 Gender Caucus: Women-led Solutions for Drought Resilience and Adaptation: Key Findings, and Conversation with Selected Country-based Women Champions
15:00 - 18:00 MET-33 Youth Forum Action for Land, Restoring Work for Resilient and Sustainable Futures
09:00 - 10:30 MET-04 152 - Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) The Gateway to Land Restoration and Resilience: Pathways to Land Tenure for Women & Youth
09:00 - 10:30 MET-07 199 - FAO-KSA, WOCAT, and NCVC: SLM Framework for Implementing and Upscaling Good Practices in Saudi Arabia
09:00 - 10:30 MET-08 24 - Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University Empowering Our Future: Bringing Land Back to Life through Resilient and Thriving Communities
09:00 - 10:30 MET-05 80 - Bridgers Association Scalable Technological Innovations and Renewable Energy Solutions for Combating Drought, Desertification, and Agricultural Challenges
09:00 - 10:30 MET-03 89 - United Youth Initiative for Africa Our Future Starts with Us: Youth-Driven Solutions for Drought and Desertification
11:00 - 12:30 MET-07 131 - IUAF & CIFOR-ICRAF Global movements to scale land and soil regeneration: the behavioral science approach
11:00 - 12:30 MET-06 304 - Centro de Desenvolvimento Agroecológico Sabiá: Ask us about drought: the contribution of drylands to global climate resilience
11:00 - 12:30 MET-04 57 - UN-Habitat/ GLTN Restoring land, restoring peace: addressing the nexus among land degradation, conflict, displacement and migration
11:00 - 12:30 MET-02 85 - Universal Greening Organisation Empowering communities for land restoration; Approaches to combat desertification
13:00 - 14:30 MET-01 17 - Arid Land Research Center, International Platform for Dryland Research and Education Combating the East Asian Aeolian desertification and sand-dust storm through collaboration between Mongolia, China and Japan
13:00 - 14:30 MET-07 18 - GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) implemented by UNDP Showcasing the contribution of local actors to the implementation of the Great Green Wall strategy at the community level in the SADC region and exploring synergies for expanding their reach
13:00 - 14:30 MET-03 258 - Ministry of Forest, Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India A Gender - Responsive Perspective towards achieving Land Degradation Neutrality: Land of 'Her Land, Her Rights'
13:00 - 14:30 MET-05 267 - Conservation International Accelerating restoration across parties to UNCCD: Introducing the Ecosystem Restoration Integrated Program
13:00 - 14:30 MET-04 279 - OHCHR Addressing human rights impacts of desertification and land degradation through rights-based action
13:00 - 14:30 MET-08 319 - University of Regina Engaging the Future: How to Meaningfully Engage Youth in the UNCCD Processes
13:00 - 14:30 MET-02 37 - Secretariat Permanent Du Conseil National Pour Le Développement Durable (SP-CNDD)/ Ministère de L'Environnement Le chemin de la NDT au Burkina Faso
13:00 - 14:30 MET-06 83 - China Green Foundation Scaling Innovative Global Ecosystem Restoration through Public Private Partnership: China Deep Dive
15:30 - 17:00 MET-02 117 - Arab Gulf Program for Development “AGFUND” Towards an effective role for Arab civil society organizations in combating DLDD and strengthening the resilience of local communities in confronting its social, economic and environmental impacts
15:30 - 17:00 MET-08 219 - ICRISAT Multifunctional landscapes for building resilience and land degradation neutrality in drylands of Global South
15:30 - 17:00 MET-06 278 - World Food Forum (WFF) Youth Leadership in restoration of degraded agricultural land to enhance food security
15:30 - 17:00 MET-05 283 - University of Regina Enhancing Knowledge Mobilization and Community Engagement for Drought and Desertification Research
15:30 - 17:00 MET-07 318 - UNEP Mobility Matters: In the footsteps of pastoralists and hunter-gatherer walking around the world
15:30 - 17:00 MET-01 321 - Association Guinéenne pour la Promotion des Energies Renouvelables-AGUIPER Développement Communautaire Participatif (DCP), Genre Face A La Question Foncière En Guinée
15:30 - 17:00 MET-03 354 - World Food Programme (WFP) Building and localizing capacities for land restoration and resilience through national universities – an approach from Africa
18:00 - 19:30 MET-04 216 - WWF Mapping Grassland and Savannah Hotspots: Bridging Knowledge Gaps for Nature and People
18:00 - 19:30 MET-07 320 - UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) Locally led landscape management for land degradation neutrality, sustainable development and socio-ecological resilience
18:00 - 19:30 MET-02 340 - Landesa/Stand for Her Land Gender-transformative land restoration: a how-to dialogue
18:00 - 19:30 MET-08 361 - French Scientific Committee on Desertification - CSFD Promoting a new system of scientific and societal knowledge: research, education and training for an effective and contextualized fight against land degradation
18:00 - 20:00 MET-29 38 - UNITAR “Exploring capacity building opportunities to generate inclusive growth and prosperity in the agriculture value chain of Middle East and Africa”
18:00 - 19:30 MET-03 40 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Integrating gender equality and social inclusion in drought management
18:00 - 19:30 MET-01 61 - International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) Restoring Balance: Livestock Management for Ecosystem Resilience and Land Degradation Neutrality
18:00 - 19:30 MET-05 8 - Africa Union Commission Global Launching of the New Great Green Wall Initiative Strategy and Ten Years Implementation Framework
