Organized by SilverLining, Green Africa Youth Organisation, Sustenta Honduras, Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar, and Sustainability Week Pakistan, this event drew attention to a critical gap in equity and capabilities for responding to climate change impacts faced by developing countries—the lack of funding and technology capacity for climate impacts research—and introduced a breakthrough initiative to establish a multilateral fund to fill this gap: the Climate Research for All Fund. The event featured keynote remarks from the distinguished United Nation’s High-Level Champion for COP26, Nigel Topping.

Led by the UNFCCC High Level Champions, the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action is a framework that accelerates the scale and pace of climate action among Parties and non-Party stakeholders in all parts of the world for the implementation of the Paris Agreement. This event was held in an innovative “lab” format that encouraged active audience participation, featuring speakers with diverse perspectives on how we can improve equity in climate research to accelerate and enhance climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Learn more.