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Responsible land investment for sustainable food systems
Taking stock of lessons from pilots, partnerships and multi-stakeholder platforms with governments, CSOs and business to implement the VGGT.
This event highlighted the importance of equitable governance of land and natural resource tenure for sustainable investment in agriculture and natural resources and the key lessons from recent initiatives to develop and pilot tools and practical
World Food Day 2019
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) designated 16 October World Food Day in 1979. The Day has been celebrated annually since 1981.
CFS Side Event: How the VGGT have changed rural women's lives: Key strategies and innovations towards gender equality
The purpose of the side event is to showcase key strategies and innovations that are contributing to gender equality in agriculture and land tenure in the context of the VGGT.
Committee on World Food Security (CFS 46)
CFS 46 is from 14 – 18 October 2019 at FAO, Rome, Italy and will be the first major global meeting on food security and nutrition after the High Level Political Forum SDG Summit in New York in September 2019. The SDGs will be the theme of the week with a particular focus on ways to accelerate SDG 2 – zero hunger.
8th FIG Land Administration Domain Model Workshop
The 8th FIG Land Administration Domain Model Workshop (LADM 2019, http://isoladm.org/LADM2019Workshop), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1-3 October 2019, is a joint event with UDMS's 4th International Conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities (SDSC2019) and Geomatics Geospatial Technology (GGT2019) as part of Geospatial Kuala Lumpur 2019, Hot
The Climate Crisis, Global Land Use, and Human Rights
On September 27th, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Landesa, and Wake Forest Law School will be hosting a day-long conference on the intersection between land use, the climate crisis and clean energy transition, and human rights.
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Summit 2019
On 24 and 25 September 2019, Heads of State and Government will gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to follow up and comprehensively review progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event is the first UN summit on the SDGs since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda in September 2015.
Turning up the heat : Solutions from indigenous peoples and progressive business to drive the transition to a low-carbon economy
You are cordially invited to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's 10th Anniversary Mary Robinson Speaker Series on Business & Human Rights “Turning up the heat: Solutions from indigenous peoples and progressive business to drive the transition to a low-carbon economy"
74th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA)
The 74th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 74) will open on 17 September 2019. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 24 September 2019.
During the week of the debate, several other high-level events also will convene (as of 27 November 2018):
The role of indigenous communities in reducing climate change through sustainable land use practices
World Economic Forum on Africa 2019
Shaping Inclusive Growth and Shared Futures in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
With elections taking place in more than 20 African countries in 2019, the world’s youngest continent is facing a new era. While significant progress has been made on the political and economic front, the continent continues to face significant challenges.