Ayman Cherkaoui is an international jurist in

climate change In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to ...

law, Executive Director of the

United Nations Global Compact The United Nations Global Compact is a non-binding United Nations pact to encourage businesses and firms worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation. The UN Global Compact is a princi ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

, and Lead Counsel for Climate Change at the

Centre for International Sustainable Development Law The Center for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) is an international legal research center that promotes sustainable societies and the protection of ecosystems. The CISDL is led by a Board of Governors and guided by a roster ...

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

Quebec, Canada. Cherkaoui in 2017 was named to th
Emerging Leaders Program
at th
Policy Centre for the New South
and in 2018 was named to the

Obama Foundation The Barack Obama Foundation is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization founded in 2014. It oversees the creation of the Barack Obama Presidential Center, runs the My Brother's Keeper Alliance (a program Barack Obama began while he was president), ...

br>Leaders: Africa Program

Education

Cherkaoui completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in

receiving a Bachelor of

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, an ...

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...

, and a

Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Ch ...

from

Université de Montréal Faculty of Law The Faculty of Law at Université de Montréal was officially founded in 1892. In 2018, the Faculty was ranked as the best francophone law school in the world. In addition to its civil law degree (LL.B.), the Law School offers a one-year J.D. in c ...

. Cherkaoui also later received a

Master of Science A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast t ...

from EMLYON Business School in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

. In addition, Cherkaoui has completed an Adaptation Certificate from

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

, and a Business Sustainability Management Certificate from

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

Professional career

Cherkaoui has served as special advisor for Climate Change and Negotiations to the Minister of the Environment, Morocco, special advisor to the

UNFCCC The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established an international environmental treaty to combat "dangerous human interference with the climate system", in part by stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in th ...

COP22 Presidency, and as a Climate Change Expert with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Previously, Cherkaoui has worked as a consultant fo
VALYANS Consulting
International Air Transport Association, and

Air Liquide Air Liquide S.A. (; ; literally "liquid air"), is a French multinational company which supplies industrial gases and services to various industries including medical, chemical and electronic manufacturers. Founded in 1902, after Linde it is ...

. His work focuses on technical negotiations under the

and legal innovations to support adaptation and mitigation in climate vulnerable countries. Currently Ayman Cherkaoui is the director of Hassan II International Center for Environmental trainin

Publications

Cherkaoui contributed to a number of scholarly articles and technical reports.

References

Selected recordings

"La jeunesse africaine doit s’approprier le pouvoir de décision" (Fr), Matin"COP22’s Ayman Cherkaoui on the road from Paris to Marrakesh"

Center for International Forestry Research The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is a non-profit scientific research organization that conducts research on the use and management of forests with a focus on tropical forests in developing countries. CIFOR, which merged wi ...

(CIFOR)
"COP 23 : Quels moyens de financement pour les projets liés à l'adaptation climatique?" (Fr), Matin
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cherkaoui, Ayman Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Emlyon Business School alumni International environmental law Environmental lawyers Université de Montréal Faculty of Law alumni McGill University Faculty of Engineering alumni 21st-century Moroccan lawyers Climate change in Morocco