Youssef Nassef

Driving opportunity & prosperity while protecting lives & livelihoods — that’s the transformative power of climate adaptation. 💪 Ahead of #ClimateWeek2025, UNFCCC’s Youssef Nassef spoke with @cnbcafrica on the return on investment in resilience: 👉 bit.ly/41Ps132

The Royal Meteorological Society jumps on the geoengineering bandwagon. “We need to start to think about other things that we can do in order to limit any further warming,” says Professor Liz Bentley, chief executive of the Royal Meteorological Society. bbc.com/news/articles/…

🌏 Today, on Global #TourismResilience Day 💡We spotlight the crucial role of #AgriculturalHeritage in forging a sustainable path for tourism and fostering community resilience. 👉 Discover more bit.ly/3uwA9YM

LDCF/SCCF Council approves 1 of the largest #LDCF & #SCCF work programs ever w/ 21 projects totaling USD 203.4 million. This includes USD 23 million for the new SCCF-A window focused on #adaptation in #SIDS. #GEFCouncil66 @theGEF

BREAKING: Paris voters just won referendum 55% to TRIPLE parking charges for SUVs! “We’re doing this to reduce pollution & to make our children safer because these cars are dangerous. Paris is transforming itself to allow people to breathe & live better.” theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

Watch live as the Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change, Simon Stiell, delivers a major speech in Baku, the host city of the COP29 UN Climate Conference in November this year. Read more on the climate here 🌏 news.sky.com/climate twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

#COP28 #CMA5 changed the adaptation discourse from responding to "what are we adapting to" to "what are we adapting towards?"". We now have clear landing zones describing a transformed future resilient world. #ClimateCrisis #climateresilience #climateadaptation @ResilienceFron1

#hoboken #drr #floods #climatechange #resilience

Hoboken "builds forward better". onegreenplanet.org/environment/ho…

#COP27 Presidency welcomes the agreement of the Transitional Committee on loss and damage on recommendations to operationalize the fund and new funding arrangements 1/2

We tend to drown in the complexity & our inability to bend the global curve of fossil-fuel emissions. Here is the obvious 1st step to succeed - stop subsidizing oil, gas & coal. 7 trillion USD. Almost 10% of the global economy… Let, at least, clean energy compete on fair terms.

It is with heavy hearts that we inform you about the passing away of our director, Prof. Saleemul Huq, on 29 October, 2023. His unmatched legacy will remain as a shining example for years and generations to come.

Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates theguardian.com/environment/20…

economist.com/middle-east-an… One wonders whether the Economist has a similar opinion on global fossil fuel subsidies.

I urge the world to carefully study the #GlobalStocktake synthesis report. It is a report card of our collective #climateaction. And not a good one. #COP28 is our chance to make a dramatic course correction. Let's seize that chance. Report here: bit.ly/3ZbXdan

As @ynassef mentioned at the #KGAW2023 opening, Asia-Pacific is one of the most vulnerable region but also the most resourceful and innovative in #ClimateAction. Following this for the next 3 days

#気候適応 には #地域社会 への支援が不可欠です。 @UNFCCC 適応部門のユセフ・ナセフディレクター （@ynassef）による特別講義にぜひご参加ください。 🗓️ 8月23日 🕙 10:00 📍金沢市 🔗 buff.ly/3sfpJeR @unu_ias_ouik 📷 ILO

Great to hear insights from 🇧🇷 Minister @GuajajaraSonia We have much to learn from Indigenous Peoples and centuries long knowledge they’ve accumulated of living in harmony with nature I’m committed to ensuring their voices are heard in the @UNFCCC process #IndigenousPeoplesDay

We are pleased to announce that we will be working closely with @IIPFCC towards a #COP28 Thematic Day for Indigenous Peoples on Dec 5. As stewards of nature, Indigenous Peoples play a vital role in addressing climate change through intergenerational knowledge and practices.

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