MOCCAE highlights role of UAE Climate Change Research Network in promoting innovative climate solutions

MOCCAE highlights role of UAE Climate Change Research Network in promoting innovative climate solutions

Sharm El Sheikh-Egypt – The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) organized an awareness session on the UAE Climate Change Research Network (CCRN) .

The event highlighted the importance of research in exploring innovative climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions. It also emphasized the Network’s role in strengthening the UAE’s overarching climate action ecosystem and its efforts to extend the benefits achieved through research across the Middle East and internationally. The network aims to support collaborative research programs by creating a platform for engaging the academic and scientific community.

Prof Fatin Samara, Co-Chair of CCRN and Professor of Environmental Sciences at American University of Sharjah, said: “The harmful impacts of climate change are accelerating and intensifying around the world. This threatens millions of lives and our planet’s wellbeing. It requires us to boost our research and scientific capabilities to determine the nature of these impacts and develop innovative solutions to address them. This way, we can contribute to identifying effective mitigation and adaptation measures.”

For his part, Dr Francesco Paparella, Co-Chair of CCRN and Associate Professor of Mathematics at New York University Abu Dhabi, said: “Technological progress and steadfast global endeavors to tackle climate change have created new opportunities to drive climate