10:00 – 19:30

Youth Forum Day 1

Restoring Land, Restoring Hope

10:00 – 18:00

Youth Forum Day 2

Finance, Policy & Action

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