HRH Princess Dana Firas
HRH Princess Dana Firas
Special Envoy, Climate Heritage Network; VP, ICOMOS; President of the Petra National Trust Jordan
Jordan
HRH Princess Dana Firas is a global advocate for heritage protection and preservation. She was designated a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in June 2017 in recognition of her commitment to heritage protection and preservation as pillars for sustainable development, and her contribution to responsible tourism and community participation.
She is the President of the Petra National Trust, Jordan’s oldest national nongovernmental organization for heritage protection and preservation. She serves as President of ICOMOS-Jordan, which she established in 2019.
Internationally, Princess Dana is leading a global campaign to streamline culture into climate policy with partners from the Climate Heritage Network (CHN). She is the CHN Envoy to the Group of Friends of Culture Based Climate Action launched at COP28 and co-Chaired by the United Arab Emirates and Brazil, whose aim is to achieve a Joint Work Decision on Culture Based Climate Action at the UNFCCC. In December 2023, Princess Dana joined the Advisory Council of the European Heritage Hub.
She served as Co-Chair of the Climate Heritage Network’s COP27 and COP28 Working Groups. In 2023, Princess Dana joined the international board of the UK-based Turquoise Mountain Trust. She was elected in September 2023 to the position of Vice President for the Arab Region of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).
Since the early 1990s, HRH has worked to promote cultural heritage preservation, education and sustainable development in various capacities in the private, public and civil society sectors, both in Jordan and internationally. She worked at the Royal Hashemite Court from 1993 to 2000 on projects that promote cultural heritage, sustainable development, peace and human rights.
In January 2022, His Majesty King Abdullah bestowed the order of the State Centennial on Princess Dana in recognition of her contributions to the field of cultural heritage in Jordan.
Thursday 11
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08.45 - 09.35
From Cop 28 to Cop 29 and Beyond: Championing Culture-Based Climate Action
Apollon Room | Amalia Hotel
Programming Partners: Europa Nostra & European Heritage Hub
Following the Global Call to Action for Culture-Based Climate Action launched by civil society ahead of COP 28, and the historic launch of the related "Group of Friends" at COP 28 in Dubai, this panel will bring together global and European champions of culture-based Climate Action to build the momentum for formal recognition of the vital role of culture, cultural heritage and ancestral intelligence for a more effective climate action at COP 29 in Baku and COP 30 in Bélem).