Karim is a sustainability and climate expert based in London. He is an Associate Director at 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱, an Associate Fellow at 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), and a Senior Non-Resident Scholar at the 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 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 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, The 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁, 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗕𝗕𝗖, 𝗥𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴, 𝗖𝗡𝗡, 𝗡𝗕𝗖, 𝗔𝗕𝗖 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀, 𝗣𝗕𝗦, 𝗡𝗣𝗥, 𝗟𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲, 𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗟𝗼𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗲, 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟰, 𝗔𝗥𝗗, 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸, 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗲𝘀, 𝗔𝗹 J𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮, 𝗔𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘆𝗮, 𝗦𝗸𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗮, 𝗧𝗥𝗧, 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗾, and 𝗥𝗧.