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COP 26 side event: A new vision of climate finance from indigenous peoples and local communities

01 November 2021

Monday, November 1, 11:00 - 12:30 GMT

Although growing evidence demonstrates the primary role of indigenous peoples and local communities in protecting forests and biodiversity, an analysis of climate funds invested over the past 10 years shows that these have not reached the communities where nature protection activities are actually at stake. 

Global Environment Facility

UN Climate Change Conference COP26

31 October 2021 - 12 November 2021

The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the UNFCCC was originally scheduled to take place from 9-19 November 2020, in Glasgow, UK. On 28 May 2020, the COP Bureau decided that it would take place from 1-12 November 2021, in Glasgow, UK.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

WEBINARS: Capturing Knowledge from the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGT)

27 October 2021 - 28 October 2021

Over the past nine years, the project on Supporting Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT)has helped countries make political commitments towards the eradication of hunger, f

Land Portal Foundation
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Energy Frontiers: Renewable energies in Indigenous territories

21 October 2021

Although renewable energy has not been inherently positive for Indigenous Peoples,  there is a growing recognition among private and government actors that attaining the highest possible standards in respect of Indigenous Peoples’ rights is simply a matter of sound business principles and good practice. 

Land Portal Foundation
The Tenure Facility
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Ford Foundation

Second International Youth & Land Governance Conference in Africa (CIGOFA2)

13 October 2021 - 16 October 2021
Benin

The Pan Africa Youth Land Governance Conference is has been organized by the  Youth Initiative for Land in Africa (YILAA),  in collaboration with Oxfam International,  African Union Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment of the African , International Land Coalition, Cadasta, Prindex, Global Land Alliance, Cicod

Youth Initiative for Land in Africa (Yilaa)

Development finance and land rights: leveraging the VGGT to enhance food systems, climate resilience, and land degradation neutrality

11 October 2021

The 49th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will be held virtually from 11 to 14 October 2021.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency
Land Portal Foundation
United States Agency for International Development
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification