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Karim is a sustainability and climate expert based in London. He is an Associate Director at š—•š˜‚š—æš—¼ š—›š—®š—½š—½š—¼š—¹š—±, an Associate Fellow at š—–š—µš—®š˜š—µš—®š—ŗ š—›š—¼š˜‚š˜€š—² (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), and a Senior Non-Resident Scholar at the š— š—¶š—±š—±š—¹š—² š—˜š—®š˜€š˜ š—œš—»š˜€š˜š—¶š˜š˜‚š˜š—² in Washington.  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 broadcast, print and digital media, and has appeared in most mainstream media outlets including The š—”š—²š˜„ š—¬š—¼š—暝—ø š—§š—¶š—ŗš—²š˜€, The š—Ŗš—®š˜€š—µš—¶š—»š—“š˜š—¼š—» š—£š—¼š˜€š˜, š—™š—¶š—»š—®š—»š—°š—¶š—®š—¹ š—§š—¶š—ŗš—²š˜€, š—•š—•š—–, š—„š—²š˜‚š˜š—²š—æš˜€, š—”š˜€š˜€š—¼š—°š—¶š—®š˜š—²š—± š—£š—暝—²š˜€š˜€, š—•š—¹š—¼š—¼š—ŗš—Æš—²š—æš—“, š—–š—”š—”, š—”š—•š—–, š—”š—•š—– š—”š—²š˜„š˜€, š—£š—•š—¦, š—”š—£š—„, š—Ÿš—² š— š—¼š—»š—±š—², š—Øš—¦š—” š—§š—¼š—±š—®š˜†, š—Ÿš—¼š˜€ š—”š—»š—“š—²š—¹š—²š˜€ š—§š—¶š—ŗš—²š˜€, š—–š—µš—¶š—°š—®š—“š—¼ š—§š—暝—¶š—Æš˜‚š—»š—², š—–š—µš—æš—¶š˜€š˜š—¶š—®š—» š—¦š—°š—¶š—²š—»š—°š—² š— š—¼š—»š—¶š˜š—¼š—æ, š—œš—»š—±š—²š—½š—²š—»š—±š—²š—»š˜, š—™š—æš—®š—»š—°š—² šŸ®šŸ°, š—”š—„š——, š—”š—²š˜„š˜€š˜„š—²š—²š—ø, š—™š—¼š—æš—Æš—²š˜€, š—”š—¹ Jš—®š˜‡š—²š—²š—æš—®, š—”š—¹ š—”š—æš—®š—Æš—¶š˜†š—®, š—¦š—øš˜† š—”š—²š˜„š˜€ š—”š—æš—®š—Æš—¶š—®, š—§š—„š—§, š—”š˜€š—µš—®š—æš—¾, and š—„š—§.