This Pre-CoP Academic Climate Law Conference is organized by our local hosts and partners, at the Law School of Ain Shams University, Cairo. More details coming soon.

At COP26, UNFCCC Parties clearly recognised the interlinked crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, and the critical role of nature in delivering benefits for both adaptation and mitigation. This session will explore how this can now be meaningfully operationalised with practical cases. Speakers: Speakers will include high-level officials from IUCN’s State and NGO members, […]

SIDS have been bypassed by carbon markets in the past. How can this be prevented under Article 6? The side event discusses approaches to capacity building in SIDS involving North-South and South-South collaboration, including simplification of methodologies and new activity types. Speaker(s): Mod: Axel Michaelowa (University of Zurich and Perspectives Climate Research); Flavien Joubert (Minister of […]

Developing countries will highlight their progress on the Paris Agreement with a focus on three themes: just transition; adaptation; and forests, land and nature. Despite the challenges, countries continue to enhance second generation NDCs and will share inspiring stories of bold action being taken. Speaker(s): Mr. Achim Steiner, UNDP | Mr. Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC | […]

Speakers: IIN, ACBA, CSABC, and AWF will secure representative speakers who will speak to perspectives of IPLCs, African and Chinese civil society, government, private sector, development partners, and others as appropriate. COP27, Blue Zone, Side Event, Thebes Room