Rita El Zaghloul - Director, High Ambition Coalition for Nature & People Secretariat - Championing A Global Deal For Nature And People

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Ms. Rita El Zaghloul is Director of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature & People Secretariat ( HAC - https://www.hacfornatureandpeople.org/ ), an intergovernmental group of more than 100 countries, co-chaired by Costa Rica and France, and by the United Kingdom as Ocean co-chair, championing a global deal for nature and people with the central goal of protecting at least 30 per cent of land and 30% of the ocean, globally, by 2030. The 30x30 target is a global target that aims to halt the accelerating loss of species and protect vital ecosystems that are the source of our economic security. Prior to this role, Ms. Zaghloul served as Coordinator of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature on behalf of Costa Rica as part of the Costa Rican Ministry of Environment and Energy, as well as Minister Counsellor and International Relations Advisor at the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations. Ms. Zaghloul studied International Relations and Affairs at the Universidad Latina de Costa Rica and Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica and then received a Master of Arts - MA, Conflict, Security and Development King's College London

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