On 29 April 2026 (14:00–16:00 GMT+2), AgriCord and the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO) will host the first session of a 4-part webinar series titled “From Soil Degradation to Regeneration: Farmer-Led Innovations and Enabling Policies for Sustainable Soil Health in Africa.”

The Youth4Soil Solution Showcase is a dynamic platform celebrating the power of youth to drive transformative change in soil health and sustainable land use. This activity emerged from the growing recognition that restoring our planet starts from the ground up, literally and metaphorically, and that young people are not just participants but frontline innovators in this mission.

Biochar field trials are taking place across many regions, but the resulting data remains fragmented, difficult to access, and rarely comparable across projects. This slows learning, increases the cost of experimentation, and limits the ability of producers and companies to make informed decisions.

 The Biochar Resilience Network has created a pre-competitive Data Commons where anonymised results from biochar field trials are shared and compared across geographies, feedstocks, and production systems.

This webinar will introduce the initiative and present the emerging platform designed to host and explore these datasets. 

Hooves of Hope is a powerful gathering at the intersection of people, planet, and purpose — where the rhythms of pastoral life meet the urgency of global change. This event brings together scientists, pastoralists, and policymakers to explore how grazing systems, when managed wisely, can restore rangelands, build soil carbon, and contribute meaningfully to climate solutions.

Measurement is foundational to the transformation of global food systems toward sustainability, yet building the capacity to measure what matters — across geographies, commodities, and stakeholder interests — remains deeply challenging. This virtual seminar, co-organized by Harvard Kennedy School Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government and partners, brings together practitioners working at the frontier of this challenge, from soil health to supply chains to diet quality.

The webinar, hosted by the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub on 12 March, will explore the conceptual framework around circular economy and how it can be applied to food systems transformation, including best practices for increasing resource efficiency and regenerative production practices to restore soil and ecosystems.

This consultation, organized by the UNCCD CSO Panel, forms part of our ongoing effort to gather insights, experiences, and recommendations from civil society organisations and stakeholders working on drought, land degradation, resilience, and community‑led action.

This International Women’s Day, CGIAR invites you to a unique global conversation connecting senior women leaders with the 21 members of the Breaking Boundaries 2026 Antarctica Expedition. 

The British Society of Soil Science is pleased to announce our next Zoom into Soil webinar will take place on Thursday 19 February from 12:00 - 1:00pm (UK time) and is free of charge to register. Join Dr. Diana Vieira and Dr. Arwyn Jones from the European Commission as they discuss EU Mission Soil and the new EU Soil Monitoring Law.

Join us for an interactive info session to learn about the new #Youth4Soil mentorship initiative, how to apply, and what the programme entails for 2026!

Join COP30 Climate High-Level Champion Dan Ioschpe and other speakers in this virtual session on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 8:00 BRST (GMT-3), which will acknowledge the significant contributions of the Action Agenda during COP30, reflect on key outcomes, and share a forward-looking vision for 2026.

To celebrate World Soil Day and the launch of the International Year of Women Farmer, we, the Global Programmes “Soil Protection and Rehabilitation” (ProSoil) and Soil Matters – Innovations for Soil Health and Agroecology, are happy to invite you to the next Knowledge Nugget! 

On World Soil Day 2025, the Sustainable Food Systems Youth Foundation invites you to a virtual webinar themed “Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities.” Scheduled for 5 December 2025, this 90‑minute session will explore how healthy soils underpin climate resilience, food security, biodiversity, and sustainable urban development. With the topic “Healthy Soils, Vibrant Cities: Linking Climate, Biodiversity, Food, and Youth Leadership,” the webinar will highlight youth‑led soil stewardship under the Nigerian Farmers’ Soil Health Scheme (NFSHS) and provide insights into soil health, climate regulation, urban resilience, biodiversity, and agroecology. This event offers a unique opportunity to learn, share experiences, and connect with practitioners, experts, and youth leaders driving innovation and action across Nigeria’s food and environmental systems.

The Twenty-Third Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC23) marks a critical moment for assessing collective progress toward Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) and advancing sustainable land management (SLM) as a driver of climate resilience, biodiversity protection, and food security. 

This official side event seeks to connect youth networks, policymakers, and technical experts to discuss and co-develop practical, actionable pathways for embedding youth leadership into land and food systems policy processes. It will explore how youth-led innovations, data, and local action can inform national LDN reporting, strengthen policy coherence, and contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Ce webinaire, organisé de 13 h à 15 h 30 (heure de Paris), invite chercheurs, experts et acteurs de terrain à croiser leurs regards. Trois sessions permettront de dresser l’état des lieux en 2025, d’explorer la diversité des solutions et de réfléchir aux modalités de la transformation des systèmes alimentaires dans l’optique de l’Agenda 2030. Le webinaire sera diffusé en français et en anglais. 

This webinar, from 13:00 to 15:30 CEST, invites researchers, experts and grassroots players to compare notes. There will be three sessions, to take stock of the situation in 2025, explore the range of solutions, and discuss how to transform food systems with a view to the 2030 Agenda. The webinar will be in French and English.

You are warmly invited to participate in a virtual engagement that will feed directly into the zero draft of the #Youth4Soil Manifesto on Thursday, 27 November 2027.

This consultation is an opportunity to strengthen our manifesto through dialogue, building on the momentum of the successful virtual roundtable held at COP30. Together, we will shape a collective vision for soil health and ensure that youth voices are at the centre of this global movement.

Please register in advance to receive your personalized joining link.

We look forward to your active participation and meaningful contributions.

This webinar will discuss leveraging the Rio Conventions for sustainable food systems transformation at country level. The webinar highlights the interconnectedness of the UNFCCC, CBD, and UNCCD Conventions and their linkages to food systems.

As momentum builds toward COP30 in Belém, this convening will bring together influential voices — including government leaders, COP negotiators, indigenous representatives, farmers, financiers, scientists, and private sector leaders — to advance agriculture and food systems transformation in line with climate and biodiversity goals. 

This high-level convening will position food and agriculture as critical levers for climate adaptation and mitigation, highlighting strategic investment pathways to strengthen resilience, secure long-term food and economic stability, and advance nature-positive agriculture and food systems. Through cross-sector dialogues, it will identify ways to improve policy coherence and unlock synergies across climate, biodiversity, and food agendas. 

Outcomes of the interactive convening will directly inform and support the COP30 negotiations and presidency agenda, equipping participants with the knowledge and strategies needed to engage effectively and advance ambitious climate solutions.

The Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network Global (GCSAYN)
organizing First Annual Forum in Entebbe, Uganda on November 6th, 2025.

In line with the CNN Call to Earth Day (CTED), the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network Global (GCSAYN) and, approved Centers of Excellence (CoE), Primary and Secondary Schools, Universities and TVETs globally organized the first CTED in 2021 which was indeed very successful. 

The great interest and lessons from all CoEs triggered official launch of the “Green School Initiative” in 2022 as part of the strategic plan for the Children and Youth in Agriculture flagship program (CYA Program – GCSAYN). The “Green School Initiative” aims in promoting Environmental Education, Restoration and Conservation Practices in schools through tree planting and growing (fruits trees). The initiative was officially launched across nine GCSAYN countries; Cameroon (Yaoundé, Limbe and Kumba), India (Narasingh Choudhury Autonomous College) Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda, Nigeria, Chad, and Kenya and Zimbabwe.

This collaboration provides a timely opportunity to empower learners and students, foster community participation, and contribute to global efforts in combating climate change and environmental degradation “Call to Earth Day (CTED) Guard Your Green Space” is all about celebrating how people and cultures come together to protect the planet. This event will equally mark the GCSAYN 1st Annual Forum (AF) and shall be commemorated every year alongside the CNN CTED for more visibility and impact of all global efforts in enhancing environmental education (EE) within all CoEs.