MrAhmed AlJameel

Ahmed is a PhD student and a researcher in energy & climate policy at the Centre for Environmental Policy (CEP) at Imperial College London. His research focuses on the climate policy design towards achieving net-zero energy transition in Saudi Arabia. Ahmed is also a nominated expert in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Roster of Expert (Index code: UN-36620-K8F5). Ahmed is also participating in the Technical Expert Review (TER) of Biennial Transparency Reports (BTR) under the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) of the Paris Agreement.

Prior to his academic career, Ahmed worked in the Ministry of Energy of Saudi Arabia at the Sustainability & Climate Change deputyship. He has participated in the UN climate negotiations as a lead negotiator for Arab Group in COP26 and COP27 in climate finance agenda items as well as the IPCC negotiations as a government reviewer and a negotiator, as well as advising the board in the Green Climate Fund (GCF). In addition, Ahmed has participated in the negotiations of the G20 in 2020 that resulted in the endorsement of the Circular Carbon Economy (CCE) framework. In addition, he spent some time working with OPEC as a research fellow on studying impacts of carbon pricing on the global energy demand and energy price.

Ahmed has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, a postgraduate diploma in chemistry from the University of Glasgow, and a master’s degree in green chemistry and sustainable industrial technology from the University of York,