Restoring Lands, Lives, and Livelihoods at COP16
Uniting Global Leaders at COP16 to Combat Desertification Through Holistic Solutions
NOW Partners Foundation and Aeon Collective joined forces at the UN Conference to Combat Desertification (COP16) in Riyadh to advocate for regenerative agriculture and forestry as key solutions to address desertification, climate change, and food insecurity. Together, Aeon Collective and NOW co-hosted a Solutions Dialogue Dinner focused on carbon credits, convened in Aeon’s Tree Library, and a Green Zone session entitled "Regenerative Agriculture and Forestry Solutions that Prevent and Reverse Desertification."
Regenerative Agriculture: A Holistic Solution
The COP16 events highlighted the multifaceted benefits of regenerative agriculture and agroforestry practices, including carbon sequestration, improved food and water security, enhanced biodiversity, and increased farmer incomes.
"As stewards of our planet, we have a shared responsibility to prioritize sustainable land management and resilient food systems," stated Princess Noura bint Turki Al-Saud of Aeon Collective. "By investing in nature-based solutions and empowering smallholder farmers, we not only address critical challenges but also create a path toward equitable and sustainable growth."
Scaling Regenerative Practices

"The outcome is quite clear: agriculture is front and center in what we need to address with land degradation, and regenerative agriculture is the only solution," said Princess Mashael AlShalan of Aeon Collective. "Now it's just a question of how do we ensure that we have the frameworks around them that would enable us to deploy it?"
Connecting Farmers, Sharing Knowledge and Financing the Transition
Dr. Eliane Ubalijoro of CIFOR-ICRAF highlighted the importance of farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing and evidence-based practices. "Science tells a story about what nature has gifted us," she said. "We need to quiet our own cleverness and listen to the 3.8 billion years of this beautiful experiment called life."

The Role of Carbon Credits and Financing Systemic Transition
Helmy Abouleish of Sekem emphasized the role of carbon credits in incentivizing regenerative practices and supporting farmer livelihoods. "What we experience in Egypt is that organic agriculture is part of the solution to so many of the challenges, also providing better livelihoods and caring for people," he shared. "What we have already now are solutions. And what we need is mechanisms to put these solutions in place in different contexts and apply them."

A Call for Collaboration and Action
Hunter Lovins of NOW and Global Academy emphasized the urgency of scaling regenerative agriculture. "The global expansion of regenerative agriculture is a key solution to the desertification and climate crises," she stated. "Only if we make regenerative agriculture into the new mainstream will countries and companies be able to reach their ambitious carbon neutrality goals."
Merijn Dols of Future Economy Forum underscored the importance of dialogue and collaboration. "Our connection here is on the belief that bringing solution owners together in dialogue holds a tremendous opportunity and is a key to solving these interconnected crises," he said.
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Quelle: NOW Partners Foundation
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