Neeshad Shafi

International Strategy Fellow

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Neeshad is an environmentalist and advocates best known for his work on the youth climate movement and environmental and climate policies in the Middle East. He is Co-founder & Executive Director at the Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar and a Board Member at Climate Action Network (CAN) Arab World and CoalitionWILD. He is on the steering committee of Global Shapers Climate and Environment; UNESCO Youth Climate Action Network (YoU-CAN) and UNEP Youth Regional Facilitator for the Middle East. He holds a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering and based in Doha, Qatar. He also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Middle East Institute (MEI). In March 2019, he was named in the Apolitical’s List of the 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy 2019.