MENA Climate Week 2022

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MENA CLIMATE WEEK

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Climate Week will act as a platform to advance organizations’ work by engaging with key regional actors and play a critical role in bringing regional needs and outcomes to the global climate change processes. Climate Week will additionally primarily focus on mobilizing climate finance for sustainable development.

Partners and key regional players have expressed a need for a multipurpose regional platform to bring together different stakeholders from the MENA to engage on climate action, climate finance, improve technical capacity in the region, increase awareness, and facilitate the sharing of knowledge, including on finance, technology and capacity-building.

MENA Climate Week will help to foster engagement between the public and private sector, cities and municipalities, academia and civil society, with the common goal of addressing the climate emergency. It will provide an opportunity to discuss climate action, key vulnerabilities and challenges from a distinct MENA perspective. Climate Week will also act as host to the global Needs-based Finance conference, which will showcase the development and implementation of the country-led climate finance mobilization and access strategies in over 100 countries.

Organizing Partners

Objectives

MENA Climate Week will be part of the umbrella of Regional Climate Weeks, held annually in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean regions.

The Climate Weeks are fast emerging as one of the most important platforms for bringing together regional stakeholders and supporting climate action at the regional level.

MENA Climate Week aims to:

1. Provide regional and global stakeholders a platform to showcase climate action in the MENA
2. Recognize global and regional efforts of the MENA to combat climate change
3. Offer a platform to institutions for advancing their work by convening the engagement of key stakeholders in the region, including on finance, technology and capacity-building.
4. Create connections with the other regional climate weeks

Key Engagement Opportunities

Interested members can provide substantive support to the creation of the event agenda, provide financial or in-kind support to organize MENA Climate Week and/or participate in the organization of affiliated events such as side-events, action hub, pre-conference events, etc.

Side Events on SDGs and Paris Agreement

Side events provide opportunities for organizations, especially in the private sector, to conduct an hour long session on topics aligned with the agenda, including financing for development.

Action Hub

The Action Hub provides a platform for Non-Governmental Organizations, Intergovernmental Organizations, Governments, Youth Organizations, as well as Educational Institutions from the region to showcase innovative climate action and ideas in 15-30 minutes on a stage.

Exhibition Booth

The exhibition booths provide opportunities for organizations to showcase their work.

Knowledge Corner

The Knowledge Corner provides Non-Governmental Organizations, Youth Organizations, as well as Educational Institutions with a shared booth to exhibit their work.