In the lead up to the COP27 meeting in Egypt, the Middle East Institute (MEI) held this special one-day virtual conference, during which a distinguished panel of experts will discuss the themes of water resources adaptation, climate financing, and climate justice.
With the growing need to adapt to and mitigate against amplifying impacts of climate change, the need for climate financing to put climate change and mitigation projects into action becomes ever more urgent. However, the money promised by developing nations has yet to materialize. How can the Green Climate Fund be more effective? How can we ensure funding for urgent adaptation catches up with funding for mitigation efforts? And how can we leverage more climate financing commitments from developing nations?