Location: Buenos Aires

The 2019 annual meeting of Initiative 20x20 will be held on June 18-19 at the San Martin Palace in Buenos Aires.   The meeting will be hosted by the Ministry of Environment of Argentina. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Private...

Location: Ankara, Turkey

2019 Theme “Let’s Grow the Future Together” On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Convention and the World Day to Combat Desertification in 2019 (#2019WDCD), the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) celebrates the 25 years of progress...

Location: Online

The restoration of forests and other natural ecosystems remains one of our most effective strategies for solving the climate and biodiversity emergency. Ecosystem restoration can secure the well-being of 3.2 billion people currently threatened by ecosystem degradation while also sequestering...

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

In 2018, a game-changing event took place that breathed new life into old land: the first cohort of the Land Accelerator brought together entrepreneurs from seven countries across Africa. The magic will happen again in 2019 from September 7-12 in...

"It is time to act decisively. My message to governments is clear: tax pollution; end fossil fuel subsidies; and stop building new coal plants. We need a green economy not a grey economy." — Secretary-General, António Guterres Humans are both creatures...