The event will focus on soil health as a key area for action across climate, desertification, and biodiversity agendas. It will underscore soil health's critical role in climate change mitigation and adaptation, combating desertification, and supporting biodiversity and ecosystems. Discussions will highlight how improving soil health can strengthen food systems, improve food security, enhance biodiversity, and promote overall environmental sustainability. Additionally, the event will provide key insights to inform national plans on desertification, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), and biodiversity strategies. 

Effective implementation of soil health solutions requires a paradigm shift in how we approach implementation, how we engage and how we generate (and communicate) the evidence to influence policy and practice. This event will call for the use of evidence-based practices in soil health management and showcase innovations in soil health monitoring and management, such as CIFOR-ICRAF's Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF). The LDSF fills critical gaps in terms of consistent and reliable information on land degradation status and trends over time. 

The event encourages a cross-sectoral approach to delivering soil health solutions and collaboration among governments, scientists, industry leaders, NGOs, and local communities. The goal is to integrate diverse perspectives and expertise into comprehensive strategies addressing soil health, climate action, desertification, and biodiversity conservation in a holistic manner. The Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health will be presented as an example of successful collaboration. The Coalition advocates for multi-stakeholder partners to facilitate the adoption and scaling of a global mechanism and processes.

The event aims to influence policy-making by providing insights such as establishing robust mechanisms for monitoring soil health, assessing degradation, and tracking restoration progress. Also, to implement and incorporate gender-transformative, equitable and socially inclusive approaches into land restoration implementation, activities and policies. Additionally, it will highlight the importance of investing in soil restoration programs, particularly in areas affected by desertification and land degradation.