IUCN applauds Razan Al Mubarak’s selection as the COP28 Presidency’s High-Level UN Climate Change Champion

12 January 2023, Gland, Switzerland (IUCN) – The government of the United Arab Emirates, which will host the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in 2023, today announced that Razan Al Mubarak, the organization’s president, has been named as the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for the COP28 Presidency.

According to IUCN Director General Dr. Bruno Oberle, “the appointment of IUCN President Razan Al Mubarak as UN Climate Change High-Level Champion is a powerful and extremely positive signal to the world that the climate and biodiversity problems are interconnected and must be dealt together.” “Razan is particularly positioned to support Nature-based Solutions that bring advantages for climate adaptation and mitigation while conserving nature and biodiversity,” according to her knowledge, experience, and mandate from IUCN Members.

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The appointment of Razan Al Mubarak to the position of UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28, which she will carry out in addition to her duties as IUCN President, was made public on January 12, 2023, in the UAE. To bridge the efforts from COP27 to COP28 in the UAE in 2023, Razan will collaborate with Mahmoud Mohiedin, the UN’s High-Level Champion for COP27 on climate change. Their top aim will be to mobilize non-state actors to take action on climate change. These non-state actors include cities, corporations, NGOs, and investors.