The Climate Agenda in a Polarised World
1. How does climate interest with the current political and geopolitical fracture in the world today ?
2. โ Can climate survive the political winds of 2024?
3. โ what are odds today for mitigating climate change ? Here is a short bio of Karim Elgendy : Karim is a sustainability and climate expert based in London. He is an Associate Director at ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ, an Associate Fellow at ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), and a Non-Resident Scholar at the ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ in Washington. Karim is also the Founder and Coordinator of ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ป, an advocacy initiative promoting sustainability in cities of the Middle East and North Africa, through research and communication.
Karim's interests include urban sustainability and resilience, climate policy, and energy transition. His current work focuses on the Middle East and North Africa region, especially around the Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, but his two decades of experience also span Europe, North America, and sub-Saharan Africa.
Karim has written tens of articles and publications. He has been invited to over one hundred public speaking engagements and has delivered guest lectures at some of the world's leading universities. He is regularly interviewed and quoted by TV, print and digital media, and has appeared in most mainstream media outlets.
