MENA 2019: Environmental Stewardship in the Arab World

From water scarcity to food shortages to waste management, resources are under increasing pressure, exacerbating social tensions, migration flows and disaster risks. As citizens push for immediate action, how can leaders shore up solutions and systems to prevent the next regional crisis?
This session is associated with the Platform for Shaping the Future of Global Public Goods.
This session will be live streamed on TopLink and the Forum website.

· Janet Heckman, Managing Director, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) Region, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London.
· Atle Idland, General Manager and Managing Director, Desert Control Middle East, United Arab Emirates.
Rita Schwarzeluehr-Sutter, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety of Germany
· Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment of the United Arab Emirates

Moderated by
· Reem Khouri, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kaamen, Jordan; Young Global Leader

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