President
Razan Al Mubarak, UAE
Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak is a global leader in conservation and climate action, serving as President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and spearheading efforts to integrate nature into global climate strategies. Elected in September 2021, she made history as only the second woman to lead the organization and the first president from West Asia. She also served as UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28 UAE, where she played a key role in elevating nature’s role in global climate action.
For more than two decades, Razan has been a driving force in shaping the United Arab Emirates’ sustainability agenda, championing environmental policies, species conservation, and climate action across West Asia and globally.
She is the founding director of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund (MBZ Fund), one of the world’s largest philanthropic organizations supporting direct species conservation, funding over 3,000 projects in nearly every country.
Within the UAE, Razan is the Managing Director of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), where she oversees the emirate’s biodiversity and environmental protection policies. She is also the Managing Director of Emirates Nature-WWF, which she helped establish as the UAE’s affiliate of WWF.
Internationally, Razan is the UAE Sherpa for the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, a global initiative promoting sustainable ocean management. She is also Co-Chairperson of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), leading efforts to integrate nature-related risks and opportunities into financial decision-making. Additionally, she serves as Nature Champion at the World Economic Forum (WEF), playing a key role in advancing nature-positive economic policies. She also contributes to global conservation efforts as a board member of Panthera, Re:wild, and the Tropical Forests Forever Facility.
Razan holds an MSc in Public Understanding of Environmental Change from University College London (UCL), UK. She also holds a BA (Hons) in Environmental Studies and International Relations from Tufts University, USA.
Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak
President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Managing Director of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund