Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, Chairman of the Gulf Research Center, participated as speaker in the closed workshop titled “Foreign and Security Policy in the framework of the German-Arab Gulf Dialogue on Security and Cooperation” organized by The German-Arab Friendship Association (DAFG) & King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS)
Dr. Mohamed Abdelraouf, Program Director – GRC Environmental Security and Sustainability Program, participated in the resumed session of the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2), which took place at UN Environment Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
February
28 – March 4, 2022
Dr. Raouf delivered a statement on behalf of the Scientific Community at the opening session of UNEA 5.2. The Gulf Research Center participated in the meeting in its current capacity as the co-chair of Major Groups Facilitating Committee (MGFC) representing the Science and Technology Major Group of UN Environment.
As part of the meeting, Dr. Raouf co-organized and co-chaired the following dialogue sessions:
- with Dr. Andrea Hinwood, the Chief Scientist at UNEP on Feb. 28th
- with
Ambassador Johanna L. Peitz, Stockholm+50 Secretariat on March 4th on
Sweden's preparations for Stockholm meeting
On March
3, 2022, Dr. Raouf served as speaker on a side event of Major Groups titled
“The road to COP27.” Dr. Raouf presented the expectations from the next COP 27
for Egypt, Arab region and Africa. On March 4, 2022, he was a speaker about
“The role of Major groups in the Big Data Age” at a high-level breakfast event
on the occasion of launching the Data for the Environment Alliance (DEAL), an
initiative by Republic of Estonia, the current vice chair of committee of
Permanent Representative to UN Environment and Science Policy Business Forum at
UNEP.
Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, Chairman of the Gulf Research Center, participated as speaker in the seminar titled “Saudi historians…. and anniversary of the Founding Day” organized by the Eastern Province Literary Club (EPLC) in Dammam
