The Road to COP27: Shifting Behaviors to Address Climate Change in Egypt
Hybrid: Moataz Al Alfi Hall and Livestream
AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74, New Cairo, 11835, Egypt
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This seminar is the seventh in the Global Evidence for Egypt Spotlight Series, which brings together Egyptian policymakers and researchers in the J-PAL network to discuss how to tackle priority policy issues in Egypt. During each seminar, policymakers highlight a particular development priority in Egypt and J-PAL-affiliated professors offer evidence-informed insights for improving policy and program design from a global perspective. Together, the panel of policymakers and J-PAL affiliates ground the evidence in the Egyptian context and explore possible policy solutions.
The panel discussion will foster a conversation between Egypt’s climate priorities and the relevant, rigorous global evidence, ultimately providing insights into how we can incorporate evidence-based solutions in combating climate change to ensure that climate financing and resources are effectively allocated in the Egyptian context.
Speakers:
H.E. Minister Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment
Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change high-level champion for Egypt and executive director at the International Monetary Fund
Kyle Emerick, J-PAL affiliate and associate professor of economics at Tufts University
Ahmad Dallal, president, The American University in Cairo
Jeremy Hopkins, UNICEF representative in Egypt
Ayman Hegazy, chairman and chief executive officer, Allianz Egypt
Alison Fahey, executive director, J-PAL MENA at AUC
Moderator:
Luigi Peter Ragno, social policy chief at UNICEF Egypt
Speakers
Aly Abo Sena
CEO
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Ministry of Environment
Mahmoud Mohieldin
UN Climate Change high-level champion for Egypt and executive director
International Monetary Fund
Kyle Emerick
J-PAL affiliate and associate professor of economics
Tufts University
Ahmad Dallal
President
The American University in Cairo
AUC’s 13th President Ahmad S. Dallal is an accomplished academic leader and renowned scholar with U.S. and regional higher education expertise. Dallal is the former dean of Georgetown University in Qatar and served as provost at the American University of Beirut (AUB) from 2009 to 2015. A prominent scholar of Islamic studies, he has taught at AUB, Stanford University, Yale University, Smith College and Georgetown University, where he also served as chair of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies. Dallal’s leadership experience includes spearheading institutional transformations that have included everything from closing budget deficits and administrative process reforms to introducing key performance indicators and quality measures for academic programs and increasing scholarly production. Throughout his administrative experience, Dallal led the introduction of several dozen university policies, including overseeing Title lX compliance on discriminatory harassment. He also increased the socioeconomic diversity of the student body through scholarships and financial aid. With several decades of teaching, research and leadership at some of the top universities in the United States, Dallal is a seasoned expert on U.S.-style liberal arts universities and how they operate. Coupled with that is his extensive experience in the Middle East at both AUB and Georgetown University in Qatar.
Jeremy Hopkins
UNICEF representative in Egypt
UNICEF
Alison Fahey
executive director
J-PAL MENA at AUC
Luigi Peter Ragno
social policy chief
UNICEF Egypt