The Yangling International Agri-Science Forum will be held in October 22 to 24, 2021. The conference will focus on the following topics: ecological management, environment protection, rural development, urban-rural relationship. The aim is to explore and promote ways to improve the natural, economic and social conditions of rural areas. The conference will be held online and has no register fee. Experts are encouraged to prepare a video and share it during the conference.

The Global Assessment of Soil Pollution report and its Summary for Policy makers will be launched via Zoom on 4th June 2021 at 13:30-15:30 CEST (GMT+2). It will make a valuable contribution to raising awareness of the threats posed by soil pollution and to aligning several international policy frameworks, including the SDGs and multilateral environmental […]

The World Resources Institute (WRI) is organising a webinar on one of the key questions for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: What do we need to do to move $100 billion into restoring Africa’s restoration movement by 2030? The event will take place on June 1 2021 (Timezones: 9:00 AM EST | 3:00 PM CET […]

As was said in CSOs statement on LDN Fund “The post-COVID recovery requests humanity to adopt a more robust alliance and solidarity at global, regional, national, and local levels to avoid, manage, and reverse land degradation and restore natural ecosystems. Providing an approach to achieve LDN in the full context of the SDGs has become […]

Climate Exp0 is the first conference from the COP26 Universities Network and the Italian University Network for Sustainable Development (RUS), working together to raise ambition for tangible outcomes from the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). It will be held online from 17 to 21 May 2021. Climate Exp0 will be structured around 5 key themes across the […]

As the National Coordinator and Chair of the T20 Italy, the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) is organising a series of 3 High-Level Forums under the claim “The Future  is  Now: People, Planet, Prosperity”.  The Forums are intended to promote debates on key global challenges and they will engage top representatives from the political […]

Working Group III (WG III) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE) are organising an interactive online event that is open to the public: Climate change and our future | driving the transition. The event will take place on 28 April 2021 at […]

The “4 per 1000” Initiative is organising a virtual fair in the framework of the EU Green Week.   Greenhouse gases (GHG) are part of the natural carbon and nitrogen cycles. Human industrial activities have led to excessive concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, turning them into pollutants. The fair is opportunity to showcase […]

UNCCD and Deutsche Welle are organising a series of webinars for young people aged 15 to 35 years, who want to create sustainable jobs in the land sector. The Webinar on Land-based Jobs for the Youth #3: Building your business and seizing opportunities will take place online on 6 May 2021 at 07:00 UTC. Interpretation would be […]

The President of the General Assembly will convene a High-level Dialogue to assess the progress made in the fight against DLDD, and map the way forward in view of the end of the UN Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification. The dialogue will take place on 20 May 2021, at United Nations Headquarters […]

The 16th session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF 16) will take place on 26-30 April 2021 online. What is UNFF 16? The event will include technical discussions on the UNFF’s thematic priorities, a high-level roundtable, and presentations of documentation and subsequent general discussions. The session will be a technical session and is thematically […]

On 2-3 June 2021, GLF will host the first-ever digital conference focused entirely on Africa’s drylands and how integrative restoration practices can see them flourish once again. The event will be held just before the official launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, which runs from 2021 to 2030. The event’s concept is available in […]

The UN Climate Change Secretariat announced the Regional Climate Weeks for 2021 (RCW2021)! The RCWs include series of events that provide space for a grassroots exchange of knowledge and best practices across the region on: Implementation of  Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Global Climate Action (GCA). The […]

The UN Climate Change Secretariat announced the Regional Climate Weeks for 2021 (RCW2021)! The RCWs include series of events that provide space for a grassroots exchange of knowledge and best practices across the region on: Implementation of  Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Global Climate Action (GCA). The […]

The UN Climate Change Secretariat announced the Regional Climate Weeks for 2021 (RCW2021)! The RCWs include series of events that provide space for a grassroots exchange of knowledge and best practices across the region on: Implementation of  Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Global Climate Action (GCA). The […]

As a continuation of the civil society webinar series in 2020 and the Action Track Public Forums, the Food Systems Summit will host a Civil Society Public Forum on 26 March 2021 from 13:30-15:30 CET. The Forum will have representatives from the Action Tracks and Food Systems Summit Dialogues to share progress and emerging ideas, […]

Save the date! IBES 2-day online conference will take place on 25-26 March 2021. The purpose of this online conference is to seek early input into the scoping process of the business and biodiversity assessment. To register for the online conference, please follow this link. Agenda Day 1, Thursday 25 March 2021): Introduction and topic […]

World Water Day will be celebrated in an online event that will take place on 22 March 2021. The core topic of World Water Day 2021 is valuing water.   Drafted agenda for the World Water Day 2021 – Valuing Water: 13:00 – 13:40 High-Level Opening Ceremony Master of Ceremony Ms. Sasha Koo-Oshima, Deputy Director, […]

The Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (GSOBI21) will be held online from 19-22 April 2021. The GSOBI21 is jointly organised by the UN FAO and its Global Soil Partnership (GSP), the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS), together with the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI) and the Science-Policy […]

The 2021 Desertification and Drought Day is coming up on 17 June, and its theme is “Restoration.Land.Recovery: We build back better with healthy land.” On this occasion, the Desertification Research Centre of the University of Sassari (Operational Secretariat of DesertNet International) organizes two online webinar sessions on 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟕 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 […]