COP30 Events
Week 1
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Regenerative Agriculture for Healthy Soil and Healthy Diets
13 November
COP30 Action Agenda Plan to Accelerate Solution: Generate, mobilize, and translate evidence to inform policy, practice, and finance that enable scaling regenerative agriculture as a pathway to healthy soil ecosystems, nutritious diets, and climate resilience from the ground up.
Time: 10:45 - 11:45
Location: Action on Food Hub, Roundtable Room
Organizers: Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH), CIFOR-ICRAF
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Nature-Based Solutions for Soil Health, Community Resilience, Biodiversity, and Climate Action
13 November
Elevate farmer-driven nature-based solutions as accessible, scalable pathways to deliver adaptation and mitigation, while safeguarding equity, land rights, and smallholder inclusion.
Time: 15:15 - 16:15
Location: Action on Food Hub, Roundtable Room
Organizers: Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH), CIFOR-ICRAF, WWF
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Achieving the Rio Conventions Goals and SDGs through Healthy Soil
14 November
Position healthy soil as the foundational anchor for integrated landscape management, advancing the goals of the Rio Conventions through synergistic action on land degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change.
Time: 09:30 - 10:30
Location: Action on Food Hub, Plenary Room
Organizers: Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH), CIFOR-ICRAF, GIZ
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Climate Finance for Soil Health
14 November
Close investment gaps and mobilize climate, land, and biodiversity finance by demonstrating soil health as a measurable outcome — catalyzing public and private funding flows toward small-scale agrifood systems.
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Location: Action on Food Hub, Plenary Room
Organizers: Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH), CIFOR-ICRAF, GIZ, One Acre Fund
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Linking Soil Health to the Energy-Food Nexus
14 November
Accelerate knowledge exchange, monitoring, and farmer-led innovation at the intersection of soil health, energy systems, and the food–water–energy nexus to deliver integrated mitigation and adaptation solutions.
Time: 15:15 - 16:15
Location: Action on Food Hub, Plenary Room
Organizers: SNV, Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH), CIFOR-ICRAF
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Scaling Soil Health, Digital Tools, Climate Services, and Information Systems
15 November
Harness digital platforms, climate services, and information systems to strengthen soil-smart decision-making, resilience, and early warning for vulnerable farmers — while actively bridging digital divides and ensuring equity.
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Location: Action on Food Hub, Plenary Room
Organizers: Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH), CIFOR-ICRAF
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Youth4Soil: Scaling Farmer-Centered Restoration
15 November
Support youth to lead soil restoration and climate resilience, positioning young people as stewards and change agents in transforming food and soil systems.
Workshop on the Youth4Soil Manifesto
Time: 15:15 - 16:15
Location: Action on Food Hub, Roundtable Room
Organizers: Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH), Youth4Soil, YPARD, UNCCD Youth Caucus, IAAS
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Soil Evidence to Inform Policy and Practice
15 November
Advance a shared evidence base that connects soil health data, monitoring frameworks, and traditional knowledge to actionable policies and investments. This session explores how integrated soil information systems — from local observation to global indicators — can drive accountability, inform adaptive management, and unlock finance for soil health interventions.
Time: 16:30 - 17:30
Location: Action on Food Hub, Plenary Room
Organizers: Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH), CIFOR-ICRAF, GIZ