2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) Side Event
Channel: IFLA
Date: 2022-11-29

Culture, Heritage, and the Arts Accelerating Climate Empowerment:
Partnering with the culture sector to implement ACE 
(10 November 2022).

The culture sector, and the institutions, organisations, and networks that are working to connect the role of arts, culture, and heritage to climate action, provide platforms, knowledge, and structures through which Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) can be creatively and effectively implemented. Therefore, this COP27 Green Zone Side Event brought together diverse voices to share good practices, aligned with the four thematic priority areas of the Glasgow Work Programme for ACE, which highlight how cultural actors can help translate the priority areas of ACE into practical actions.

This official COP27 Side Event was co-organised by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the Climate Heritage Network.

Speakers:
Ms Balkisou Buba, Senior social welfare officer (APAS), Vice National Coordinator REPALEAC (Cameroon)

Prof. Dr. Iman O. Gawad, Professor of Sustainable Architecture, Fine Arts Faculty, Helwan University, Cairo, Co-Director, UN Sustainable Design Goals Commission SDGC, Union of International Architects UIA (Egypt)

Dr Heba Ismail, Libraries Technical Manager, Egypt's Society for Culture & Development, IFLA Regional Division Committee for the Middle East and North Africa (Egypt)

Bella Rooney, Protecting Paradise Podcast, Plastic Free Cayman (Cayman Islands)

Aleigha General, Student, University of West London (Cayman Islands)