Dubai Cares joins COP27 efforts

Dubai Cares joins COP27 efforts

- The UAE-based global philanthropic organization participated in a series of high-level sessions and meetings to position education as a powerful tool to address climate challenges

Dubai, UAE: Highlighting the importance of integrating education and climate to achieve global education transformation, Dubai Cares, a civil society organization formally associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications, recently participated at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).

Marking the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP27 took place from November 6 – 18, 2022 at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, with the key aim of ensuring full implementation of the Paris Agreement that was adopted by 196 parties at COP21 in 2015, to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels.

Dubai Cares’ participation in the event was centered on its ongoing efforts to highlight the powerful connection between climate action and education that is also reflective of the interconnectedness of all the Sustainable Development Goals. The UAE-based global philanthropic organization’s narrative at COP27 was built on the recommendations of its Framework for Global Education Transformation and the Rewiring Education for People and Planet report that call for a