Construct the Future: be a part of UNOPS at COP27

UNOPS leaders will attend the twenty seventh Conference on Local weather Change (COP27) held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, internet hosting a collection of occasions to advertise local weather motion.

On the twenty seventh Conference on Local weather Change (COP27) held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, UNOPS is becoming a member of international leaders, the UN household, improvement companions, NGOs, thought leaders, and extra to take concrete motion in the direction of attaining the world’s collective local weather objectives as agreed beneath the Paris Settlement.

To assist advance local weather motion, UNOPS – along with its hosted entities and initiatives – is taking part in a variety of occasions, led by UNOPS performing Govt Director, Jens Wandel.

Construct The Future – a particular collection of local weather motion occasions.

Full programme of occasions and particulars on methods to register could be discovered right here: https://www.unops.org/cop27

UNOPS will host a particular collection of occasions – Construct The Future – that can concentrate on key local weather motion areas of climate-compatibility, climate-mobility, inclusive infrastructure and techniques for carbon discount.

Construct The Future occasions will likely be moderated by award-winning journalist, Shahira Amin; Senior Contributor at Forbes, Daphne Ewing-Chow; in addition to senior UNOPS leaders.

The collection can even embody a session led by the European Union’s youth delegate to the UN, Nadia Gullestrup in addition to a keynote deal with by Jayathma Wickramanayake, the UN Secretary-Common’s Envoy on Youth. The panel will embody youth leaders, displacement consultants and frontline communities – sharing impactful tales from these most affected by local weather change.

Talking forward of COP27, UNOPS performing Govt Director, Jens Wandel stated:


“Because the Secretary-Common has lately stated, combating the local weather disaster depends on solidarity and decisive motion. UNOPS stands able to assist international locations and our companions to ship on the Paris Settlement, for a greater future for folks and our planet.”