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ibrahim thiaw appointed interim un climate change head ibrahim thiaw appointed interim un climate change head news politics energy justice finance business science nature carbon markets oceans explainers clean energy transition sustainable aviation fuel all news investigations series clean energy frontier aviation s green dream comment about about the team write for us advertising partners and sponsorship contact sign in subscribe now news politics energy justice finance business science nature carbon markets oceans explainers clean energy transition sustainable aviation fuel all news investigations series clean energy frontier aviation s green dream comment about about the team write for us advertising partners and sponsorship contact sign in subscribe now jun 21 2022 last update feb 8 2025 news politics ibrahim thiaw appointed interim un climate change head the head of the un convention to combat desertification will head un climate change from 17 july and until a permanent replacement to patrica espinosa is found ibrahim thiaw executive secretary of the un convention to combat desertification photo alex wynter climate centre flickr joe lo news editor share x twitter facebook linkedin whatsapp email print mauritanian diplomat and head of the un body to combat desertification ibrahim thiaw has been appointed interim executive secretary of un climate change thiaw will take over the role when patricia espinosa who has been in the job six years steps down next month and until the selection process for the new executive secretary is completed a letter to parties seen by climate home news states a un climate change spokesperson previously told climate home that espinosa s last day was on 15 july thiaw will start on 17 july espinosa told staff of the decision on monday and un climate change sent a note to governments today thiaw has served as the executive secretary of the un convention to combat desertification unccd since january 2019 in this role he called for land management to be more closely linked to climate action climate action is strongly linked to land management we can turn a vicious circular relationship into a virtuous one let us foster closer collaboration break out of our silos and set a new policy and investment paradigm climatedialogues unfccc pic twitter com yp3huto3lm ibrahim thiaw ibrahimthiaw november 30 2020 before that thiaw was the un secretary general s special adviser for the sahel region of africa and the assistant secretary general of the un environment programme he holds a degree in forestry and spent ten years in the rural development ministry of mauritania a large sparsely populated nation which spans much of the west of the sahara desert while espinosa was rumoured to step down following her second term as climate chief the un was slow to start the recruitment process with the job advert only published on 13 may the deadline for applications to be her permanent replacement is on friday current cop26 president alok sharma from the uk is reported to be interested in the job patricia espinosa some rich nations felt demands on finance were too strong but three of the five executive secretaries have been european so developing nations particularly in africa and asia are likely to argue that the role should go to someone from their regions the job advert states that female applicants are especially welcome to apply for the 207 000 a year role based in bonn germany climate home s sources have suggested several african and asian women as possible contenders including the environment ministers of rwanda egypt and nigeria and the finance minister of indonesia thiaw will combine his role at unccd with running un climate change ahead of the cop27 climate talks in egypt in november he said he is committed to ensuring that there will be no disruption in the dispensing of my function at unccd earlier this year former costa rican environment minister andrea meza murillo was appointed deputy head 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