Ayman Cherkaoui is an international

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a law degree) and often a Lawyer, legal prac ...

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law, Executive Director of the

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Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

, and Lead Counsel for Climate Change at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law in

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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

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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 and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

McGill University McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill University, Vol. I. For the Advancement of Learning, ...

, and a

Bachelor of Laws A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

from Université de Montréal Faculty of Law. Cherkaoui also later received a

Master of Science A Master of Science (; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree. In contrast to the Master of Arts degree, the Master of Science degree is typically granted for studies in sciences, engineering and medici ...

from

EMLYON Business School EM Lyon Business School (styled emlyon) is a business school in Lyon, France, established in 1872, and affiliated with the Lyon Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A '' grande école de commerce'', EM Lyon Business School offers a range of academi ...

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

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. In addition, Cherkaoui has completed an Adaptation Certificate from

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, and a Business Sustainability Management Certificate from

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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) is the UN process for negotiating an agreement to limit dangerous climate change. It is an international treaty among countries to combat "dangerous human interference with th ...

COP22 Presidency, and as a Climate Change Expert with

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit The (GIZ, ) is the main development agency of Germany. It is headquartered in Bonn and Eschborn and provides services in the field of development cooperation, international development cooperation and international education work. The organizat ...

(GIZ). Previously, Cherkaoui has worked as a consultant fo
VALYANS Consulting

International Air Transport Association The International Air Transport Association (IATA ) is an airline trade association founded in 1945. IATA has been described as a cartel since, in addition to setting technical standards for airlines, IATA also organized tariff conferences tha ...

, 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