What did COP27, the UN Climate Conference which took place in Egypt in 2022, achieve from a parliamentary perspective? And what were the lessons learnt to pass on to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who are hosting COP28 in just a few weeks? Watch this short conversation between Mr. Karim Darwish, MP from Egypt and Rapporteur for the IPU Parliamentary Meeting which took place at COP27 and Ms. Meera Alsuwaidi, MP from the UAE and future IPU Rapporteur for COP28. Find out more about the IPU’s campaign to mobilize parliaments to act on the climate emergency.

The IPU and partner organizations have published a new tool called the Indicators for Democratic Parliaments, which offers a new approach to measuring parliamentary capacity, resilience and performance. Using a framework of 25 indicators, parliaments can evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses against established standards with a view to becoming stronger democratic institutions. The Indicators align directly with the UN Sustainable Development Goal targets 16.6 and 16.7 which seek to develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions and ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels. Each indicator is broken down into several dimensions which set out aspirational goals

As part of the IPU series called 'A conversation with...', we interview parliamentarians from all over the world to find out who they represent and what motivates them. In this edition, we discover Ibrahim Mohammed, the youngest federal parliamentarian from Nigeria. The views and opinions expressed by the parliamentarians are their own and do not necessarily reflect the IPU’s position.