Experts

PCNS Experts
Karim Elgendy
Associate Fellow, Chatham House; Non-Resident Fellow, Middle East Institute & Founder, The Carboun Initiative

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Karim is an urban sustainability and climate expert based in London. He is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House and a Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington. Karim is also the Founder and Coordinator of Carboun, 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 the 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. He is regularly interviewed and quoted by international media outlets.

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