10:00 – 19:30
Youth Forum Day 1
10:00 – 18:00
Youth Forum Day 2
10:00 – 11:30
Restoring the Future: How Business, Youth and Innovation Can Unite to Regenerate the World’s Land
Organized by ModelCOP
12:00 – 13:30
Converting Dead Orchard Trees into Low-Water Mushroom Substrate to Combat Desertification and Reduce Agriculture’s Water Footprint in Drylands
Organized by China National Sand Control and Desert Industry Society (CNSC)
16:00 – 17:30
Seeds of Hope: Growing Connection Within and With Nature
Organized by Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
10:00 – 11:30
Intergenerational environmental justice: land, drought resilience across generations and across borders
Organized by Breathe Mongolia
12:00 – 13:30
Cultivating Inner Resilience: Navigating Eco-Anxiety and Systemic Challenges in Global Negotiations
Organized by The ClimAct Initiative
16:00 – 17:30
Building Community Resilience to Drought and Desertification: Towards Fairer Finance for Vulnerable territories
Organized by ChildFund International
10:00 – 11:30
Culture, Land, and Resilience: Integrating Indigenous and Local Knowledge into CGST (Cultural Global Stocktake) and UNCCD
Organized by Entertainment+Culture Pavilion
12:00 – 13:30
Gender at the Nexus: Advancing Equality Across the Rio Conventions
Organized by ECB Foundation, Enact Earth Foundation and Single Window Foundation
16:00 – 17:30
Restoring the Land, Reclaiming the Future, 2050 Starts Now
Organized by International Trade Centre and G20 Global Land Initiative with youth entrepreneurs
10:00 – 11:30
Common Ground at COP 17: Aligning Climate, Land, and Disaster Risk Agendas
Organized by Sendai Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism (SEM); Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY)
12:00 – 13:30
From Recognition to Resourcing: Bridging Policy Gaps for Youth-led Ecosystem Restoration
Organized by UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Youth Task Force
16:00 – 17:30
Beyond Silos: Youth Partnerships for Integrated Climate, Nature and Land Action
Organized by Lead4Earth, Universal Versatil Society
10:00 – 11:30
Nutrition Security from the Ground Up
Organized by Save Soil, Isha Foundation
12:00 – 13:30
Connecting Youth, Communities, Research, Arts, Culture and Local Action to Accelerate Land Restoration and Climate Resilience
Organized by YOUNGO Arts, Culture Working Group
16:00 – 17:30
Land Restoration through Traditional & Indigenous Medicinal Knowledge: Land & Health
Organized by Govardhan Foundation
10:00 – 11:00
Youth Leadership in Land Stewardship in Mongolia and Beyond
Organized by UN Association of Mongolia
11:00 – 12:30
Youth on the Front Lines: Agroecology as a Tool for Land Restoration
Organized by YPARD
14:30 – 17:00
Youth, Land and Livelihoods: Building the Next Generation of Land Stewards
Land and Peoples Day Event by UNCCD Youth Caucus
Venue: UNCCD Action Dome
12:00 – 13:30
From Ulaanbaatar to Action: A Mongolia–Australia Youth Dialogue on Rangeland and Drought Resilience
Organized by National Environmental Youth Council of Mongolia (NEYC)
16:00 – 17:30
Youth Dialogue on UNFCCC Reform: Reclaiming an Inclusive and Effective Climate Process
Organized by National Environmental Youth Council of Mongolia (NEYC) and UNFCCC Reform Multiplicator Programme