National Focal Points for Action for Climate Empowerment - ACE

ACE Focal Points

The Doha work programme on Action for Climate Empowerment invites Parties to designate and provide support, including technical and financial support, and access to information and materials to a national focal point for ACE activities and assign specific responsibilities (15/CP.18, Annex, paragraph 22 (a)), which could include:

• The identification of areas for possible international cooperation and opportunities for strengthening synergies with other conventions; and
• The coordination of the preparation of the ACE chapter in the national communications, ensuring that relevant contact information, including web site addresses, is provided therein.

Procedure to nominate a National Focal Point for Action for Climate Empowerment

The respective UNFCCC National Focal Point is requested to send a signed letter to the secretariat : secretariat@unfccc.int with copy to: Ace@unfccc.int indicating

Name
Title
Institution
Contact details (telephone, e-mail, fax, and web address) of the nominee. Once the communication is received, the newly nominated National Focal Point for Action for Climate Empowerment will be added to the list below.

List of National Focal Points for Action for Climate Empowerment - ACE

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V

Country	Name and Ministry
AFGHANISTAN	Rohullah AMIN - National Environmental protection Agency of Afghanistan
ALBANIA	Jonila HAXHILLARI - Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water Administration
ALGERIA	Rafik HIAHEMZIZOU - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ANDORRA	Carles Miquel GARCIA, Andorra Government
ANGOLA	Lucas Marcolino MIRANDA - Ministry of Urbanism and Environment
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Diann BLACK-LAYNE - Ministry of Health and the Environment
ARGENTINA	Maria del Valle PERALTA - Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development
AUSTRALIA	Anna Mallard - Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
AUSTRIA	Ms. Talia Wogerbauer- Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourisim/division IV/I- Climate Policy coordination.
BELIZE	Ann GORDON - National Meteorological Service
BENIN	Médard Comlan OUINAKONHAN - Ministry of Climate Change Management, Reforestation and Protection of Natural and Forest Resources
BHUTAN	Tshering TASHI - National Environment Commission Secretariat
BOLIVIA (Plurinational State of)	Cynthia Silva MATURANA - Viceministry of Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Forest Management
BOTSWANA	Chandapiwa P. SEBEELA - Department of Meteorological Services
BRAZIL	Mario Henrique MENDES - Ministry of the Environment
BULGARIA	Maria YAKIMOVA - Ministry of Environment and Water
BURKINA FASO	Monsieur Baro ROGER - Ministry of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change
CAMBODIA	Thy SUM - Ministry of Environment
CANADA	Christian HOLLOWAY - Environment and Climate Change Canada
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Mariam Catherine AMOUDOU, Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable
CHAD	Minde NGAKOUGNON - Ministry of Urban and Rural Hydraulics
CHILE	Maritza JADRIJEVIC- Ministry of the Environment
COLOMBIA	Carlos Ernesto PEREZ - Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development
COMOROS	Mohamed MINDHIRI - Ministry of Agriculture
CONGO	Paulette EBINA TARAGANZO - Ministry of Sustainable Development, Forest Economy and Environment
COOK ISLANDS	Cook Islands National Environment Service
COSTA RICA	Gladys JIMÉNEZ VALVERDE - Ministry of Environment and Energy
CÔTE D'IVOIRE	Aphely Amon KOUAKOU - Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
CROATIA	Sinisa OZIMEC - Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction
CUBA	Argelia FERNÁNDEZ MÁRQUEZ - Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
DENMARK	Erik RASMUSSEN - Danish Energy Agency
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO	Mubilayi KABEYA - Ministry of Sustainable Development, Forest Economy and Environment
DOMINICA	Collin GUISTE - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment Lloyd PASCAL - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Ernesto REYNA ALCANTARA - National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism Victor VINAS NICOLAS - National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism
EGYPT	Lydia Mohamed Kamel ELEWA - Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
EL SALVADOR	Rosa Margarita GARCÍA FUENTES - Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
ETHIOPIA	Belete Geda TORBI - Environmental Protection Authority
EUROPEAN UNION	Laura MAANAVILJA - European Commission
FINLAND	Jukka TULIVUORI - Finnish National Agency for Education
FRANCE	Arthur SARAIVA-FERREIRA - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development
GABON	Georges BAYONNE MBOUMBA - Ministry of Economy, Employment and Sustainable Development
GAMBIA	Aji Binta KINTA - Ministry of Forestry and the Environment
GEORGIA	Mariam DARCHIASHVILR - Ministry of Environment Protection
GERMANY	Division for Environmental Education - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
GHANA	Emmanuel TACHIE-OBENG - Environmental Protection Agency
GUINEA	Mohamed Lamine DOUMBOUYA - National Direction for Environment
GUINEA-BISSAU	Seco CASSAMÁ - National Director for Environment
HAITI	Raoul VITAL - Ministry of Environment
HONDURAS	Rosibel MARTINEZ ARRIAGA - Secretary of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mining
HUNGARY	Emese NYITRAI - Department for Climate Policy, Ministry of National Development
INDONESIA	Nur MASRIPATIN - Ministry of the Environment and Forestry
IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)	Seyyed AMIR FATEH VAHDATI - Department of Environment Mohamad SOLTANIEH - Department of Environment
IRELAND	Conor Ó RAGHALLAIGH - Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
ITALY	Federica ROLLE - Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea Roberta IANNA - Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea
JORDAN	Wafa' DA'BIS - Ministry of Environment
KAZAKHSTAN	Gulmira SERGAZINA - Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
KENYA	Charles SUNKULI - Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources Charles MUTAI - Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources
KIRIBATI	Manikaoti TIMEON - Ministry of Environment, Land and Agricultural Development
LATVIA	Sofija GRῙNVALDE - Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
LESOTHO	Motebang LEBUSA - Lesotho Meteorological Services
LIBERIA	Environmental Protection Agency
LIBYA	Nuri M. R. ALMEZUGHI - Environment General Authority
MADAGASCAR	Lantonirina RATOVONJANAHARY - Ministry of Environment and Forest
MALI	Ibrahima Abdoulaye MAIGA - Agency of Environment and Sustainable Development
MAURITIUS	Dominique Sin Lan Ng Yun WING - Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development Doolaree BOODHUN- Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
MEXICO	Mtra. Norma Salomé MUNGUÍA ALDARACA, National Institute of Ecology
MONTENEGRO	Jelena KRIVOKAPIC - Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism
MOROCCO	Mustapha BENDEHBI - Secretariat of State for the Environment
MOZAMBIQUE	Ivete Joaquim MAIBAZE - Ministry for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs
MYANMAR	Thura AUNG - Radanar Ayar Association
THE NETHERLANDS	Marcel BEUKEBOOM - Netherlands Enterprise Agency
NIGER	Moussa GOUSMANE - National Council of Environment and Sustainable Development
NIGERIA	Sa'aadatu GAMBO MADAKI- Federal Ministry of Environment
NORWAY	Alice GAUSTAD - Norwegian Environment Agency
OMAN	Mohamed bin Rashid AL-SINIDI - Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs
PALESTINE	Nedal KATBEH-BADER - Environment Quality Authority
PANAMA	Silvano VERGARA - National Environmental Authority
PERU	Claudia Elena FIGALLO DE GHERSI - Ministry of Environment
PHILIPPINES	Albert ALTAREJOS MAGALANG - Department of Environment and Natural Resources
ROMANIA	Climate Action Network Romania
REPUBLIC OF KOREA	Ms. Chae Young LIM, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Valery MIKHEYEV - Russian State Hydrometeorological University
RWANDA	Rachael TUSHABE - Rwanda Environment Management Authority
SAINT LUCIA	Crispin D'AUVERGNE - Ministry of Physical Development, Environment and Housing
SEYCHELLES	Jeanette LARUE - Ministry of Environment and Energy
SIERRA LEONE	Alpha BOCKARI - Meteorological Department
SLOVENIA	Darja PICIGA - Government Office of Climate Change
SOMALIA	Hassan Haji IBRAHIM - Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Environment
SPAIN	Francisco HERAS HERNÁNDEZ - Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment Isabel GARROTE GONZÁLEZ - Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment
SRI LANKA	Anura DISSANAYAKE - Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
SUDAN	Ms. Zeinab SALIH MOHAMMED - Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Physical Development (MENRPD)
SURINAME	Theresa CASTILLION-ELDER - Office of the President of the Republic of Suriname
SWAZILAND	Hlobsile SIKHOSANA - Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Affairs
SWEDEN	Stina SÖDERQVIST - Swedish Environment Protection Agenc y (SEPA)
SWITZERLAND	Anna WÄLTY - Federal Office for the Environment
TAJIKSTAN	Ilhomjon RAJABOV - Climate Change Centre
THAILAND	Ms. Pornpimol VARATHORN - Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP) Ms. Fairda MALEM - Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP)
TURKEY	Mr. Mehrali ECER, Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation
UGANDA	Joseph EPITU - Ministry of Water and Environment
UKRAINE	Roman KHARYTONOV - State Environmental Investment Agency
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND	Kevin HUNT - Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Kate CHALMERS-DEACON - Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
URUGUAY	Gabriela PIGNATARO - Ministry of Housing, Land Planning and Environment
UZBEKISTAN	Tatyana OSOSKOVA - National Hydrometeorological Service
VANUATU	Jesse BENJAMIN - National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
VENEZUELA (Bolivarian Republic of)	Isabel Teresa DI CARLO QUERO - Ministry of Foreign Affairs Azucena MARTÍNEZ - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
YEMEN	Dr. Abdulqader M. Alkharraz - Ministry of Water and Environment
ZIMBABWE	Elisha N. MOYO - Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate

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Organisation	Name
Regional Environmental Center	Mr. Eduardas Kazakevicius

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