Home Official documents COP 16, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2024 Programme COP 16 Overview Programme Official documents Daily journal Participate News & media Wednesday, Dec. 11 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 Contact groups 10:00 - 23:00 MET-16 COW Contact Group on Budget 10:00 - 23:00 MET-12 COW Contact Group on Other matters 10:00 - 23:00 MET-13 CRIC Contact Group 10:00 - 23:00 MET-14 CST Contact Group Other meetings 08:00 - 09:00 MET-32 KSA Negotiation Team 08:15 - 10:00 MET-30 EU Coordination Meeting 08:15 - 09:00 MET-20 Presidency Consultations 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) 09:00 - 10:00 MET-22 CSO Consultations 09:00 - 10:00 MET-28 JUSCANZ 09:00 - 10:00 MET-26 Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Central and Eastern Europe (Annex V: Central and Eastern Europe) 09:00 - 10:00 MET-11 Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Latin America and the Caribbean (Annex III) 10:00 - 12:00 MET-22 Indigenous Peoples Caucus 10:00 - 11:30 MET-29 Italy - Arab Coordination Group - UNDP Technical Roundtable for IFIs Leveraging COP16 Outcomes: Exploring Opportunities for Implementation and Funding to Ensure a Sustainable Future 11:00 - 12:30 MET-02 Youth Delegate Round Table 13:00 - 13:30 MET-20 CRIC Bureau Meeting 13:00 - 15:00 MET-32 Group of Arab States coordination meeting 14:00 - 15:00 MET-21 COP Bureau Meeting Side events 09:00 - 10:30 MET-06 122 - Natural Capitalism Solutions. Regenerative Agriculture and the Private Sector: Meeting Demand, Combating Food Loss & Waste 09:00 - 10:30 MET-05 138 - GM/UNCCD Creating Lands of opportunity: Transforming livelihoods through landscape restoration in the Sahel 09:00 - 10:30 MET-04 176 - Global Water Partnership Organisation Global Collaboration for Drought Resilience: Launch of the UNCCD Community of Learning and Practice 09:00 - 10:30 MET-07 324 - Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement Sharing experiences on empowering women and developing their women's leadership in the production of seedlings to combat desertification and restore degraded land 11:00 - 12:30 MET-06 194 - Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska Drought Impacts on Human Health 11:00 - 12:30 MET-08 326 - Future Leaders Network / Youth Negotiators Academy Empowering Youth in Combating Desertification: Building AI and Web 3-Driven Capacity 11:00 - 12:30 MET-07 385 - Saudi Environment Fund Exploring Sustainable Finance Opportunities and Public – Private Partnerships 11:00 - 12:30 MET-03 50 - Brazil Ministry of Environment and Climate Change. The role of agroecology in strategies for coexistence of vulnerable traditional communities and family farmers with semi-arid regions of the Planet 13:00 - 14:30 MET-01 146 - EMERGENCE ONGD RDC Implementation and promotion of green schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo case of the province of South Kivu 13:00 - 14:30 MET-02 155 - Jameel Observatory Accelerating actions for healthy land in East Africa - Pathways to pastoralist prosperity, resilience and food security 13:00 - 14:30 MET-03 156 - Ministry of Agriculture of the State of Eritrea Eritrea: Experiences, Strategies and Challenges towards Sustainable and Climate-smart Agriculture 13:00 - 14:30 MET-22 (CSO) 190 - Green Aid Strengthening Collaborative Action on “Land Restoration, Desertification and Drought Resilience in the Sahel through Accelerating Implementation of the Great Green Wall Initiative 13:00 - 14:30 MET-04 253 - Common land The 4 Returns Framework in Practice: a guidebook for holistic landscape restoration. A decade of field work to restore large landscapes delivering inspirational, social, natural and financial returns 13:00 - 14:30 MET-05 310 - Both ENDS Making strategic impact: Shifting resources and power to women-led initiatives for LDN 13:00 - 14:30 MET-06 315 - International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) Financing Soil Health and Land Restoration for Food Security and Resilience 13:00 - 14:30 MET-08 Leveraging COP16 Outcomes: Exploring Opportunities for Implementation and Funding to Ensure a Sustainable Future 15:30 - 17:00 MET-05 104 - ILRI STELARR: Sustainable investments for large scale rangeland restoration 15:30 - 17:00 MET-03 250 - Italian Agency for Development Cooperation – Niamey Office TURN GOOD INTENTIONS INTO ACTIONS & DEGRADATION INTO RESTORATION 40-year evolution of reversing desertification in Niger: What's next? 15:30 - 17:00 MET-01 28 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Private sector dialogue to catalyze nature-positive investment in drought resilience 15:30 - 17:00 MET-06 360 - ENDA Energie Accelerating the implementation of LDN in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning from the ground to achieve LDN target through SLM best practices 15:30 - 17:00 MET-07 378 - The World Bank Building resilience in water scarce areas – Lessons from the MENA region 15:30 - 17:00 MET-08 387 - EARTHNA/Qatar - Panel discussion on Sustainability and traditional Knowledge – Focus on water management in hot and arid environments 18:00 - 19:30 MET-08 144 - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Panel discussion: The Challenges and Opportunities of Investing in Green-Tech Startups 18:00 - 19:30 MET-06 173 - Gulf Research Center Foundation (UNCCD Accredited CSO)The economic use of desert areas in fighting climate change in Arab countries 18:00 - 19:30 MET-03 349 - US Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service Improving rangeland drought resilience through adaptive livestock management 18:00 - 19:30 MET-07 384 - Eartbanc AB Scaling Sustainable Land Management for Global Impact
09:00 - 10:00 MET-26 Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Central and Eastern Europe (Annex V: Central and Eastern Europe)
09:00 - 10:00 MET-11 Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Latin America and the Caribbean (Annex III)
10:00 - 11:30 MET-29 Italy - Arab Coordination Group - UNDP Technical Roundtable for IFIs Leveraging COP16 Outcomes: Exploring Opportunities for Implementation and Funding to Ensure a Sustainable Future
09:00 - 10:30 MET-06 122 - Natural Capitalism Solutions. Regenerative Agriculture and the Private Sector: Meeting Demand, Combating Food Loss & Waste
09:00 - 10:30 MET-05 138 - GM/UNCCD Creating Lands of opportunity: Transforming livelihoods through landscape restoration in the Sahel
09:00 - 10:30 MET-04 176 - Global Water Partnership Organisation Global Collaboration for Drought Resilience: Launch of the UNCCD Community of Learning and Practice
09:00 - 10:30 MET-07 324 - Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement Sharing experiences on empowering women and developing their women's leadership in the production of seedlings to combat desertification and restore degraded land
11:00 - 12:30 MET-06 194 - Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska Drought Impacts on Human Health
11:00 - 12:30 MET-08 326 - Future Leaders Network / Youth Negotiators Academy Empowering Youth in Combating Desertification: Building AI and Web 3-Driven Capacity
11:00 - 12:30 MET-07 385 - Saudi Environment Fund Exploring Sustainable Finance Opportunities and Public – Private Partnerships
11:00 - 12:30 MET-03 50 - Brazil Ministry of Environment and Climate Change. The role of agroecology in strategies for coexistence of vulnerable traditional communities and family farmers with semi-arid regions of the Planet
13:00 - 14:30 MET-01 146 - EMERGENCE ONGD RDC Implementation and promotion of green schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo case of the province of South Kivu
13:00 - 14:30 MET-02 155 - Jameel Observatory Accelerating actions for healthy land in East Africa - Pathways to pastoralist prosperity, resilience and food security
13:00 - 14:30 MET-03 156 - Ministry of Agriculture of the State of Eritrea Eritrea: Experiences, Strategies and Challenges towards Sustainable and Climate-smart Agriculture
13:00 - 14:30 MET-22 (CSO) 190 - Green Aid Strengthening Collaborative Action on “Land Restoration, Desertification and Drought Resilience in the Sahel through Accelerating Implementation of the Great Green Wall Initiative
13:00 - 14:30 MET-04 253 - Common land The 4 Returns Framework in Practice: a guidebook for holistic landscape restoration. A decade of field work to restore large landscapes delivering inspirational, social, natural and financial returns
13:00 - 14:30 MET-05 310 - Both ENDS Making strategic impact: Shifting resources and power to women-led initiatives for LDN
13:00 - 14:30 MET-06 315 - International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) Financing Soil Health and Land Restoration for Food Security and Resilience
13:00 - 14:30 MET-08 Leveraging COP16 Outcomes: Exploring Opportunities for Implementation and Funding to Ensure a Sustainable Future
15:30 - 17:00 MET-05 104 - ILRI STELARR: Sustainable investments for large scale rangeland restoration
15:30 - 17:00 MET-03 250 - Italian Agency for Development Cooperation – Niamey Office TURN GOOD INTENTIONS INTO ACTIONS & DEGRADATION INTO RESTORATION 40-year evolution of reversing desertification in Niger: What's next?
15:30 - 17:00 MET-01 28 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Private sector dialogue to catalyze nature-positive investment in drought resilience
15:30 - 17:00 MET-06 360 - ENDA Energie Accelerating the implementation of LDN in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning from the ground to achieve LDN target through SLM best practices
15:30 - 17:00 MET-07 378 - The World Bank Building resilience in water scarce areas – Lessons from the MENA region
15:30 - 17:00 MET-08 387 - EARTHNA/Qatar - Panel discussion on Sustainability and traditional Knowledge – Focus on water management in hot and arid environments
18:00 - 19:30 MET-08 144 - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Panel discussion: The Challenges and Opportunities of Investing in Green-Tech Startups
18:00 - 19:30 MET-06 173 - Gulf Research Center Foundation (UNCCD Accredited CSO)The economic use of desert areas in fighting climate change in Arab countries
18:00 - 19:30 MET-03 349 - US Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service Improving rangeland drought resilience through adaptive livestock management
