Climate Change: A Global Challeng

By Barbara Unmüßig

Experts, scientists and politicians from the region and abroad gathered in Amman on 21-22 October 2008 to discuss the impact of climate change for the Middle East. The Heinrich Boell Stiftung - AMEO organized this first regional conference on climate change in the Middle East under the title “Climate Change Policies in the Middle East – Challenges for Decision makers and Activists”. During this conference Barbara Unmüßig delivered the keynote speech on "Climate Change: A Global Challenge". Read...

Barbara Unmüßig has been co-president of the Heinrich Böll Foundation since May 2002. In December 2006 she was re-elected for a second term. She is responsible for the development of programmes and strategies in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. She holds also the strategic and programmatic responsibility for the “Gunder-Werner-Institute for feminism and gender democracy”. The primary focus of her work is on globalisation and international climate policies, national and international gender policies as well as promotion of democracy and conflict prevention.