On Monday June 21st, 2021, the European Union, Peres Center for Peace and Innovation and Frontier RNG held the first of four “Regional Climate Innovation Roundtables” on the topic of Climate Change in the Red Sea Ecosystem with the participation of experts from the European Commission, Bahrain, Egypt, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Monaco, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
Efart Duvdevani Director General, Peres Center for Peace and Innovation: “Environmental issues know no borders, and do not discriminate on the basis of nationality, religion, age, or gender. The Peres Center is proud to lead this important roundtable series, building regional partnerships and harnessing the creative spirit of innovation in the pursuit of a healthier world and better future for all.”
The June 21st session, held via Zoom, brought together diverse regional stakeholders – among them top academics, government representatives and policymakers, and private sector and innovation leaders – to collaborate on solutions for protecting local and global coral ecosystems.
The corals of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, and Arab Gulf are fairly resilient to increased water temperature and acidity, and participants will be tasked with developing tools for identifying, isolating, and exporting this resilience to other parts of the world. Monday’s roundtable on Climate Change in the Red Sea Ecosystem was the first of four such sessions focusing on other shared regional challenges
Emanuele Giaufret, Ambassador of the European Union to the State of Israel: “Over the past year, the EU has been leading the global fight against climate change. We have adopted a number of initiatives that have a direct link to these fields, such as the European Green Deal, which set us the objectives to achieve climate neutrality, or in other words, no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 and, as intermediate goal, to reduce GHG emissions by 55% by 2030. Through these kind of initiatives, we want to strengthen the international dimension of the EU Green Deal addressing together with our international partners the climate change challenge in the MENA region.”
Source/Sender: Delegation of the European Union to Israel (adapted, shortend by Glocalist)
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