The Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt is pleased to announce the Second Arab Land Conference to be organized under the patronage of the Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities. The Conference will be organized by the Housing and Building National Research Centre represented by…

Let’s Talk! A discussion on the themes of the Human Development Report 2020 Human Development and the Anthropocene: The Next Frontier Expanding Human Freedoms in Balance with the Planet December 16th 2020, 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. CET The event will be livestreamed on Facebook All too often, development…

Biodiversity is our life insurance, but it is under threat. The COVID19 crisis has dramatically changed our lives; and it has also brought to the forefront the crucial need to better preserve biodiversity. Our lives and economies rely on nature. France, together with the United Nations and the World…

The Water Security and Climate Change conference (WSCC) is an annual event where scientists, policy makers and stakeholders from various sectors discuss the diverse facets of water security and its relation to climate variability and change. The WSCC strives to go beyond science and build bridges…

The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, with a universal membership of all 193 Member States. The Assembly meets biennially in Nairobi, Kenya, to set priorities for global environmental policies and develop international…

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The nineteenth session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 19) to the UNCCD will be organized online from 15 to 19 March 2021. The CRIC 19 will review the effective implementation of the Convention at national, subregional and regional levels including…

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UNCCD secretariat are organizing a round table discussion on “Good land governance and land degradation neutrality” in the margins of the Second Arab Land Conference on 22 February 2021 from 12:30 to 14:00 (UTC/GMT+2). The round table will bring…

TIME GMT+2 PROGRAMME 09:00 14:30 Musical performances by Malpais and Over the Border Video greetings from high-level officials and celebrities Dialogue with World Wildlife Fund on green economic recovery and its impact on ecosystems and the global food system 2021 Land for Life Award ceremony Panel…

The three finalist teams of the GEO-LDN technology innovation Competition will be making a live demonstration of their tool-prototype, developed to support the integration of the Land Degradation Neutrality mechanism into land-use planning. Based on these demonstrations and potential tool-user…

Nowhere are the challenges of achieving sustainable development in the face of a changing climate more acute than in the Sahel. As the world prepares to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, we have a unique opportunity to secure progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals in the region. The…

The ambition of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit is to launch a collective journey of transforming our food systems to give us the best possible chance of delivering on the 2030 Agenda. Everyone has a role to play in this. Only by coming together and challenging one another we can spark new ideas and…

In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (GSOBI21), "Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity" will be a science-policy meeting, fully virtual that will take place from 19-22 April 2021. Due to its new format and the time difference between the different…