Abdullah Tawlah, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom Saudi Arabia How can we best use these insights, in a concerted manner, across borders and scientific disciplines, as we revisit how we manage coastal areas and marine ecosystems, to restore biodiversity?.What can key regional and international actors learn from the Red Sea marine and coastal ecosystem?.
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More heat resistant than similar ecosystems, the Red Sea corals represent a unique ecosystem, and they may hold the key to understanding how to tackle coral bleaching elsewhere. Rising ocean temperatures have severely impacted species and ecosystems, causing coral bleaching, the loss of breeding grounds for fish and mammals, increased extreme weather events, and threatened food security. The ocean and marine ecosystems are fundamental in the stabilization of the world’s complex climate system. One of the longest continuous living reefs in the world, the Gulf of Aqaba could potentially be one of the planet’s largest marine refuges from climate change.
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As we explore how to prevent and reverse the immense loss of biodiversity on our planet, how should the public and private sectors mitigate the main drivers of species loss?.This session will highlight the importance of reconnecting communities and biodiversity and explore what we can learn from natural capital solutions. Despite this grim backdrop, there are glimpses of hope.
The challenge is only too real: The world’s wildlife populations have plummeted by over two thirds in the last 50 years. Princess Reema Bandar Al Saud, Board member of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Hoesung Lee, Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).Ibrahim Thiaw, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, UNCCD.Lee White, Minister of Water and Forests, Gabon Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates Abdulrahman Abdulmohsen AlFadley, Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Saudi Arabia The conversation will discuss national and regional ambitions and initiatives. In this panel, environmental leaders will discuss the plan and expectations for the COP15 on biodiversity and their implications for the global effort to restore ecosystems and preserve biodiversity.
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Moderator: Frederick Kempe, President & CEO, Atlantic CouncilĪHEAD OF KUNMING: UPDATE ON THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE COP15 ON BIODIVERSITY Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC.Sultan bin Ahmad Al Jaber, Cabinet Member and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Group CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, United Arab Emirates Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Energy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia This session will discuss possible implications of the pre-COP discussions for the strategies of countries in the Middle East, offer projections about what will be achieved during COP26, and how Saudi Arabia and the Middle East together can contribute towards a constructive outcome at this strategic meeting. Angela Wilkinson, CEO, World Energy CouncilĬOUNTDOWN TO COP26: STATE OF PLAY AHEAD OF A CRITICAL SUMMIT Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Minister of Energy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabiaįrederick Kempe, President & CEO, Atlantic Councilĭr. SAUDI GREEN INITIATIVE: A TURNING POINT FOR KSA – ON THE PATH TO TRANSFORMATION Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Setting the scene and announcing KSA’s new environmental objectives.
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