Dr. Mohamed Abdelraouf, Program Director – GRC Environmental Security and Sustainability Program, participated in the resumed session of the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2), which took place at UN Environment Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
February
28 – March 4, 2022
Dr. Raouf delivered a statement on behalf of the Scientific Community at the opening session of UNEA 5.2. The Gulf Research Center participated in the meeting in its current capacity as the co-chair of Major Groups Facilitating Committee (MGFC) representing the Science and Technology Major Group of UN Environment.
As part of the meeting, Dr. Raouf co-organized and co-chaired the following dialogue sessions:
- with Dr. Andrea Hinwood, the Chief Scientist at UNEP on Feb. 28th
- with
Ambassador Johanna L. Peitz, Stockholm+50 Secretariat on March 4th on
Sweden's preparations for Stockholm meeting
On March
3, 2022, Dr. Raouf served as speaker on a side event of Major Groups titled
“The road to COP27.” Dr. Raouf presented the expectations from the next COP 27
for Egypt, Arab region and Africa. On March 4, 2022, he was a speaker about
“The role of Major groups in the Big Data Age” at a high-level breakfast event
on the occasion of launching the Data for the Environment Alliance (DEAL), an
initiative by Republic of Estonia, the current vice chair of committee of
Permanent Representative to UN Environment and Science Policy Business Forum at
UNEP.
Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, Chairman of the Gulf Research Center, participated as speaker in the seminar titled “Saudi historians…. and anniversary of the Founding Day” organized by the Eastern Province Literary Club (EPLC) in Dammam
Dr. Abdulaziz Sager,
Chairman of the Gulf Research Center, participated as speaker in the virtual
event 'The role of think tanks in the foreign policy-making process' organized
by The British International Studies Association (BISA) .
The Gulf
Research Center participated in the meeting in its current capacity as the
co-chair of Major Groups Facilitating Committee (MGFC) representing the Science
and Technology Major Group of UN Environment.
As part of the meeting, Dr. Raouf co-organized and co-chaired the following dialogue sessions:
- with UNEP Executive Director Mr. Inger Anderson on Feb 21st
- with H.E. Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Environment and Climate of Norway, President of UN Environment Assembly 5.2 on Feb 25th
- the Major Groups Press Conference on Feb 25th
The Munich Security Conference is the world's leading forum for debating international security policy. It is a venue for diplomatic initiatives to address the world's most pressing security concerns.
Dr. Christian Koch, Director of Research, took part in an Expert Roundtable on “EU-Gulf Relations” organized by the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) along with the European External Action Service(EEAS) Policy Planning and Strategic Foresight division (SG.STRAT.3) as well as EEAS’s Middle East division. The European Union is planning a joint communication on Eu-Gulf relations for later in the spring and the roundtable is part of preparation for this roundtable.
