GEO-LDN Programme at UNCCD COP.16
including the Global Dialogue Forum Riadh 2024
The upcoming
Global Dialogue Forum
will be held at UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 3rd to 13th December 2024. It will build upon the achievements and insights gained from the previous Global Dialogue Forum held in South Africa in November 2023 and a series of in-person events: Partners4change in Nairobi, Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN) learning workshop in Ghana, Regional Dialogue Forum in Senegal and online support sessions.
NB: This programme is still subject to change - Please check for updates regularly
3rd of December
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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10:00-11:15 |
Members of intersectoral GEO-LDN country Team Colombia & Peru |
The GEO-LDN country teams Colombia and Peru present their GEO-LDN use cases |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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09:00-18:00 |
Country Teams Colombia, Nigeria & Peru |
The country teams Colombia, Nigeria and Peru present their GEO-LDN uses cases |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone |
4th of December
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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09:00-09:45 |
Navneet Kumar, UNU-EHS |
Innovative Techniques for Mapping and Monitoring Degraded Land Using Earth Observation |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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10:00-13:00 |
Neil Sims Remote Sensing Research Scientist at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Anke Schickling, WORLDSOILS Technical Officer at ESA (t.b.d) |
Joint CRIC/CST plenary session: interactive dialogue on "Horizon scanning for the post-2030 UNCCD Monitoring Framework |
BLUE Zone |
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10:00-11:00 |
Cesar Garcia, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Decision Support”, Apacheta Gabriel Daldegan, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Data Analytics”, Conservation International (C.I.) Calvin James, Coordinator of Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management t.b.d. |
Addressing the Lack of Geospatial Data in Small Island Developing States: The Urgent Need for Higher-Resolution Data (t.b.c.) |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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13:00-14:15 |
Members of intersectoral GEO-LDN country Team Nigeria & Ghana Coastal Erosion (tbc)
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The GEO-LDN country teams Nigeria & Ghana Coastal Erosion present their use cases |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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15:00-17:30 |
Isa Abubakar, Data Scientist at Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN) initiative, Nigeria
Dr. Shomboro Dauda, Remote Sensing Expert, Nigeria |
Kobo Toolbox Training in English language for Spanish speaking GDF participants (country teams Peru & Colombia) |
GEO& GEO-LDN Workshop room/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
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17:45-18.45 |
Yvonne Walz, UNU-EHS Karen Sudmeier-Rieux, UNCCD |
A way forward to scale up ecosystem-based approaches for integrating disaster risk reduction, climate, land and biodiversity goals |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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09:00-18:00 |
Country Teams Colombia, Nigeria & Peru |
The country teams Colombia, Nigeria and Peru present their GEO-LDN uses cases |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone
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5th of December
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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09:30-10:30 |
Mabel Omotoshowho Emmanuel, Director Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought Management Department, Federal Ministry of Environment – UNCCD/AFR100 National Focal Point, Nigeria Zakaria Yakubu, Executive Director at the Centre for African Research and Development (CARD), Ghana Isa Abubakar, Data Scientist at Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN) initiative, Nigeria Dr. Shomboro Dauda, Remote Sensing Expert, Nigeria |
Panel discussion: Leveraging Geodata to Build Resilient Communities Through Sustainable Land Management (t.b.c.) |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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10:30-12:30 |
Cesar Garcia, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Decision Support”, Apacheta
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GEE Apps Training for Spanish speaking GDF participants (country teams Peru & Colombia) |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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13:00-14:15 |
Members of intersectoral GEO-LDN country Team Ghana CAP & Georgia |
The GEO-LDN country teams Ghana CAP & Georgia present their use cases |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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15:00-17:30 |
Isa Abubakar, Data Scientist at Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN) Initiative, Nigeria
Dr. Shomboro Dauda, Remote Sensing Expert, Nigeria |
Kobo Toolbox Training for English speaking GDF participants (country teams from Nigeria, Ghana CAP, Ghana Costal Erosion, Kenia, Georgia) |
GEO&GEO-LDN Workshop room/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
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15.30- 17.00 |
Cesar Garcia, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Decision Support”, Apacheta Olga Lucia Ospina, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MINAM), Colombia and others |
Ecuador proposal: Ecoregional Approach for Mapping Land Degradation and estimating SDG indicator 15.3.1 in Highly Diverse Countries |
BLUE Zone, MET 03 |
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15:30-17:00 |
Maurille Elégbédé, Focal Point of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Benin Harish Daware, Director, WOTR in India Dr. Tatenda Lemann, World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) / Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)) Stephanie Katsir, Representative of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (ProSoil) Representative of CGIAR (TBC) |
Sustainable Land Management and Agroecology in Synergy: Evidence, Good Practices and Lessons Learnt for Scaling |
BLUE Zone, MET 04 |
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09:00-18:00 |
Country Teams Nigeria, Ghana Costal Erosion, Ghana CAP & Kenia |
The Country Teams Nigeria, Ghana Coastal Erosion, Ghana CAP & Kenia present their GEO-LDN uses cases |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone |
6th of December
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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09:00-12:00 |
Cesar Garcia, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Decision Support”, Apacheta (tbc)
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GEE apps training for English and French speaking GDF participants (country teams from Nigeria, Ghana Coastal Erosion, Ghana CAP, Kenia, DRC, Senegal, Benin, Mongolia) |
GEO& GEO-LDN Workshop room/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
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13:00-14:15
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Members of intersectoral Team Kenya & the Democratic Republic of Congo
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The GEO-LDN country teams Kenya and DRC present their use cases.
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GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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13:00-14:30 |
Ms. Nino Chikovani, UNCCD NFP, Georgia Ms. Maka Manjavidze, TSP II leading expert, Georgia Mr. Jorge Miguel Leal Pinedo, Ministry of Environment of Peru Ms Maurille Elégbédé, UNCCD NFP, Benin Mr. Elie Antoine Padonou, National University of Agriculture of Benin Cesar Garcia, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Decision Support”, Apacheta Gabriel Daldegan, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Data Analytics”, Conservation International (C.I.)
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Strengthening Land Restoration Targets and Commitments with Geospatial Data |
BLUE Zone, MET 02 |
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15:00-17:00 |
Gabriel Daldegan, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Data Analytics, Conservation International (C.I.) |
Trends.earth training for Spanish speaking GDF participants (country teams Colombia and Peru) |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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15:00-16:30 |
GEO-LDN Leads |
First preliminary GEO-LDN Leads Group Meeting |
GEO& GEO-LDN Workshop room/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
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17:15-18:45 |
Isa Abubakar, Data Scientist at Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN) initiative, Nigeria Dr. Shomboro Dauda, Remote Sensing Expert, Nigeria |
Kobo Toolbox training for French speaking GDF participants (DRC, Benin, Senegal) |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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16:00-17:00 |
Olga Lucia Ospina, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MINAM), Colombia Maka Manjavidze, Chief Specialist in Land Resources Protection and Mineral Resources Service, Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources, Georgia Ebenezer Ntsiful, Head of Unit Geographic Information System (GIS), Land Use & Spatial Planning Authority, Ghana
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Panel Discussion: Acting on COP Decisions – How Integrated Land Use Planning (ILUP) uses Geodata for Evidence-Based Decision-Making (Decision 8 and 27/COP 15 |
Science Stage, GREEN Zone |
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17:30-18:30 |
Fatima Denton (UNU) Thelma Arko (UNU-INRA) |
Safeguarding Africa’s Carbon Sinks: Leveraging Carbon Markets, Local Governance, and Community Agency for Sustainable Land Restoration and Climate Mitigation |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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18:00-20:00 |
Olga Lucia Ospina Arango, Professional Especializada de la Dirección de Bosques, Biodiversidad Y Servicios Ecosistémicos, MINAMBIENTE (Ministry of Environment) Mabel Okiriguo-Emmanuel, Director DLDD, Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria Dr Amadou Sall, Centre de Suivi Ecologique, Senegal Ermias Betemariam (ICRAF) Feras Ziadat Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Neil Sims Remote Sensing Research Scientist at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) & others |
How Integrated Land Use Planning (ILUP) contributes to LDN, food and tenure security and multiple environmental goals – Country examples and an overview of the progress since COP.15 |
BLUE Zone |
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18:00 – 20:00 |
UNCCD, FAO & others
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Recognizing shared lands, rights, knowledge and institutions in a changing world |
BLUE Zone, Action Dome |
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09:00-18:00 |
Country teams Ghana Costal Erosion, Ghana CAP, Kenia Eunice Wangui Mwangi (RCMRD) |
The country teams Ghana Costal Erosion, Ghana CAP, Kenia present their use cases Helpdesk presented at one Booth |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone
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7th of December
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Time |
Titel |
Location |
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Entire day (Agenda coming soon) |
Global Dialogue Forum (GDF) 2024 with 60-70 participants from 10 countries and experts invited by GEO-LDN |
GEO & GEO-LDN Workshop room/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
8th of December
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No official program, time for recovery and networking |
9th of December
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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09:30-11:00 |
Yana Gevorgyan, Director GEO Secretariat |
Launch of the GEO Global Ecosystem Atlas |
BLUE Zone |
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13:00-15:00 |
Lissong Diop, Geospatial Data Analysist at Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE), Senegal |
DEA Training for French speaking countries (DRC, Benin, Senegal) |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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13:00-15:00 |
Edward Boamah, Technical Manager at Digital Earth Africa (DEA) |
DEA training for English speaking countries (Nigeria, Ghana CAP, Ghana CE, Georgia, Kenya, Mongolia) |
GEO& GEO-LDN Workshop room/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
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13:00-15:00 |
Yana Gevorgyan, Director of Secretariat, Group on Earth Observations – GEO Maurille Elégbédé, National UNCCD Focal Point of Benin Neil Sims GEO-LDN Co-Chair, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSRIO) |
Healing our land through science and Earth Intelligence |
BLUE Zone, Action Dome |
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15:00-16:30 |
Lissong Diop, Geospatial Data Analysist at Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE), Senegal |
Trends.earth Training for French speaking GDF participants (DRC, Benin, Senegal) |
GEO& GEO-LDN Workshop room/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
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15:00-16:00 |
Members of intersectoral GEO-LDN country teams in Senegal, Benin and Mongolia |
The GEO-LDN country teams Senegal & Benin & Mongolia present their use cases |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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15:30 to 17:00 |
Members of UNDP and WOCAT |
Launch of the GEF Project on Scaling Capacity for Inclusive Decision Support in Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) |
BLUE Zone |
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15:30-16:30 |
Zoltan Szantoi, European Space Agency (ESA) Andreas Brink, Senior Scientific and Technical Project Officer, Joint Research Centre (JRC) of European Commission Xiaosong Li, Prof., International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, Chinese Academy of Sciences Cesar Garcia, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Decision Support”, Apacheta Gabriel Daldegan, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Data Analytics”, Conservation International (C.I.)
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Panel Discussion: Acting on COP- Decisions - Advancing High-Resolution Geodata and Facilitating Access to Earth Observation Tools for National LDN Targets |
Science Stage, GREEN Zone |
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16:30-17:30 |
Alex Zvoleff, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Data Analytics”, Conservation International (C.I.); Neil Sims, GEO-LDN Co-Chair, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSRIO) |
Acting on COP decisions: Mapping Land Degradation Vulnerability under Climate Change Scenarios (Dec 20/COP 15) (t.b.c.) |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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17:00-18:00 |
Global Project Soil Protection & Rehabilitation, GIZ |
Decision-support systems for Land Degradation Neutrality: Innovative technologies to support soil protection and rehabilitation efforts in Kenya and Ethiopia (ProSoil) Concept Note available |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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17:00-18:30 |
GEO-LDN meeting with UNU and UNOOSA on Coordination of EO in SIDS for LDN
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GEO& GEO-LDN Workshop room/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
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18:00-19:30 |
Mandakh Nyamtseren, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, MAS Cesar Garcia, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Decision Support”, Apacheta (tbc) Amos Kabo-Bah, GEO-LDN Co-Chair, University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) Antje Hecheltjen, GEO-LDN project manager at GIZ t.b.d. Sara Minelli, Programme Officer at the UNCCD secretariat t.b.c. Neil Sims, GEO-LDN Co-Chair, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSRIO) t.b.d. |
Big Data in Support of Land Degradation Neutrality |
BLUE Zone, China Pavilion |
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18:00-19:30 |
Dr. Abdul-Wadood Moomen, GEO-LDN Coordinator |
Sustainable Land Management - the Role of Youth |
BLUE Zone, MET-03 |
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09:00-18:00 |
Country teams Georgia, Kenia, DRC Eunice Wangui Mwangi (RCMRD) |
The country teams Georgia, Kenia, DRC present their use cases. Helpdesk presented at one booth |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone
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10th of December
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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09:00-11:00 |
Gabriel Dalgedan, Co-lead GEO-LDN Working Group “Data Analytics, Conservation International (C.I.) |
Trends.earth - Training for English speaking countries (Nigeria, Ghana CAP, Ghana CE, Georgia, Kenya) |
GEO& GEO-LDN Workshop room/soundproof space, GREEN ZONE |
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11:00-12:00 |
Amos Kabo-Bah, GEO-LDN Co-Chair, University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) |
Postgraduate Programmes at University of Energy and Natural Resources in Ghana (t.b.c.) |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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13:00-14:00 |
Edith Karwitha, Trainer, Nyeri National Polytechnic Ebenezer Ntsiful, Head of Unit Geographic Information System (GIS), Land Use & Spatial Planning Authority, Ghana
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Cross-Sectoral Collaboration in Ghana: Using Geodata for Coastal Protection and Integrated Land Degradation Monitoring (t.b.c) |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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14:15-15:15 |
Participants of the hyperarid workshop Including (t.b.c): Barron J. Orr, Chief Scientist, UNCCD Fernando T. Maestre Gil, Professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Neil Sims, GEO-LDN Co-Chair, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSRIO) |
Advancing a Global Monitoring System for Hyper-Arid Ecosystems: Follow-Up on the International Workshop on Land Degradation Monitoring in Saudi Arabia 2024 (t.b.c.) |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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16:45-17:45 |
Tantenda Lemann, Senior Research Scientist / WOCAT Executive Team member at Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern) Dr. Claudio Zucca, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Italy |
LUP4LDN Presentation |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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17:45-18:45 |
Lisa Hartmann, (UNU-EHS) Yvonne Walz, (UNU-EHS) Tantenda Lemann, Senior Research Scientist / WOCAT Executive Team member at Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern (tbd) |
The contribution of land and water management approaches to Sustainable Land Management and achieving Land Degradation Neutrality |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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09:00-18:00 |
Country teams DRC, Senegal, Georgia Eunice Wangui Mwangi (RCMRD) |
The country teams DRC, Senegal, and Georgia present their use cases Helpdesk presented at one booth |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone
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11th of December
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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09:30-10:30 |
Nils Hempelmann, Project Manager, Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program Germany, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) |
Climate Intelligence - Enhancing Climate Services with Artificial Intelligence |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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11:00-12:00 |
GEO-LDN was asked for one speaker t.b.d. |
Financing Land Restoration – Joint Action Across Conventions |
BLUE Zone |
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13:00-14:00 |
Suneetha Subramanian, UNU-IAS |
Leveraging Landscape approaches towards Policy Coherence |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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09:00-18:00 |
Country teams Senegal, Benin, Mongolia, and Helpdesk |
The country teams Senegal, Benin and Mongolia present their use cases |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone
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12th of December
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Location |
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10:00 – 11:00 |
Nils Hempelmann, Project Manager, Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program Germany, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) |
FAIR Services - Interoperability for data pipelines from raw data to information and knowledge |
GEO&GEO-LDN pavilion stage, GREEN Zone |
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09:00-18:00 |
Country teams Senegal, Benin and Mongolia |
The country teams Senegal, Benin, Mongolia present their use cases |
GEO-LDN Booth, GREEN Zone
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