Middle East and North Africa Climate Week 2022

January 31, 2022

Date:  28 to 31 March 2022 
Location: Dubai Exhibition Centre Dubai United Arab Emirates

The first-ever Middle East and North Africa Regional Climate Week will explore resilience against climate risks, the transition to a low-emission economy, and collaboration to solve pressing challenges. This is an opportunity for governments, the private sector, cities, indigenous communities, youth and civil society to engage in solution-oriented dialogue, find common ground, and collaborate on enhancing climate action. The four-day event will thus bring together key stakeholders to take the pulse of climate action in the region, explore climate challenges and opportunities, and showcase ambitious solutions.

The sessions taking place during the four-day event are organized into three tracks:

  1. National actions and economy wide approaches;
  2. Integrated approaches for climate-resilient development;
  3. Seizing transformation opportunities.

As a core partner of the Regional Climate Week series, UNDP is leading track 2, with sessions aiming to demonstrate how integrated approaches are crucial for accelerating climate-resilient development and advancing a climate-resilient recovery from not only the COVID-19 pandemic but also climate-induced disasters and situations of conflict in the region. By looking at local solutions on the ground and drawing on climate resilience and climate security expertise, sessions under track 2 will focus on climate action and resilient recovery, climate action in fragile settings, and community-based adaptation in the region.

 Registration is now open.

MENA Climate Week 2022 is hosted by the Government of the United Arab Emirates – Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE), the World Green Economy Organization (WGEO) and the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA). The event is organized in collaboration with core partners UN Climate Change, UN Development Programme, UN Environment Programme and the World Bank Group. Partners based in MENA include the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the League of Arab States (LAS) Secretariat, and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA), among others.