In this high-level session, the governments of Egypt and Germany, in cooperation with the International Union for Conservation (IUCN) will formally launch the COP27 Presidency’s ENACT Partnership for NbS.
ENACT is a voluntary coalition of state and non-state actors working on NbS to foster collaboration, bring
coherence to their commitments and activities, and drive political alignment of global efforts on climate,
biodiversity, and land degradation across the Rio Conventions pertaining to Nature-based Solutions.
Blue Zone Meeting
Room 20, Area E4
Distinguished speakers include:
H.E. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment of the Arab Republic of Egypt
H.E. Steffi Lemke, German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and
Consumer Protection
H.E. Sherry Rehman, Minister of Climate Change, Pakistan
H.E. Eisenhower Nduwa Mkaka, Minister of Natural Resources and Climate Change of the Republic of Malawi
Ms. Brenda Mallory, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President, USA
H.E. Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for the Environment
Mr Ibrahim Thiaw, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to
Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Mr Nigel Topping, High Level Climate Champion of the UK
Ms Razan Al Mubarak, IUCN President
Moderator: Stewart Maginnis, Deputy Director General of IUCN
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