UNCCD COP17Youth4Soil Manifesto & Celebration of International Year of the WomanFarmer 202615:30-17:00, MET24 BackgroundLand and soil restoration are crucial for achieving food security, climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable livelihoods. Young people are already taking the lead in land and soil restoration; they are training peers, restoring degraded lands, practicing composting and agroecology, applying Indigenous and local knowledge, […]
UNCCD COP17Restoring Land, Redirecting Finance: Repurposing Public Support for a Just Rural Transition27 August | 15:30 – 17:00 | MET-21Organised by: Clim-Eat, IFAD, WWF International, Agroecology Coalition Background The Voices for Just Rural Transitions (Voices4JRT) project offers a direct answer: by redirecting public finance toward the priorities of the people who manage that land. Drawing on […]
UNCCD COP17Family farming at the heart of land restoration: Scaling farmer-led solutions to land degradation and drought and fostering rural development27 August | 15:00 – 16:30 | MET-01 Event Description As land degradation accelerates and drought threatens the livelihoods of millions, family farmers, who manage over 80% of the world’s agricultural land, are too often […]
UNCCD COP17High Level Event – Food Systems and Soil Health Day High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on Food Systems and Soil Health27 August 2026 | 13:00 – 15:00 Ulaanbaatar time/GMT+8 | Action Dome, MongoliaInterpretation EN/FR/ES/MN Background Food systems sit at the center of the interconnected challenges of land degradation, climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity. At […]
UNCCD COP17 UlaanBaatar 2026Food Systems and Soil Health Day Food systems transformation in Motion: Agroecology in principle, in policy and in practice : 27 August 2026 11:00–12:30 (AST GMT+3) Room MET24, Blue Zone Background Agroecology drives food systems transformation by strengthening local autonomy, reducing external inputs, and building resilience from the ground up. Integrated and […]
ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA — As governments and stakeholders gather for the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17), communities on the frontlines of land degradation, drought and climate change are calling for a stronger voice in decisions that directly affect their lives and livelihoods. Representing the […]
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and the International Land Coalition (ILC) have signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) to convene the ILC Asia Family Farming Platform, starting a new chapter of collaboration to strengthen the voices, rights, and leadership of family farmers across the region. For 2026, the platform will focus […]
UNCCD COP 17Nature-Based Solutions for Water Security in Central Asia: From Rangeland Stewardship to Artificial Glaciers25 August2 | 18:00-19:30 | MET-30 Background Central Asia faces a converging crisis of water scarcity, land degradation, and climate change. The region is warming at twice the global average rate, glaciers are retreating, and per capita water availability has declined more […]
