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Reem Al-Saffar

Reem Al-Saffar

MENA-focused climate justice and youth empowerment advocate

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Ankara, Türkiye
Joined June 2026
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MENA-focused youth climate justice and advocacy leader — Reem is centrally involved in youth-led climate and social justice advocacy across the Middle East and North Africa, cofounding and directing the MENA Youth Network to connect, coordinate and amplify youth voices regionally. stockholm50
Public-facing delegate and spokesperson at international climate events — she has represented youth at major fora (COP27 head of Iraqi Youth Delegation) and served as a youth delegate/spokesperson at COP28 and Children & Youth Pavilion events, engaging on equitable fossil-fuel phaseout and climate justice. who+2
Communications and media leadership for youth movements — Reem has served as Director of Youth Media at Earth Uprising and frequently speaks and appears in media panels and webinars on youth climate engagement and climate anxiety, showing a strength in translating youth perspectives into public-facing communications. earthuprising+1
Engaged in agri-tech and food-system innovation initiatives — she has contributed to CGIAR/Alliance activities (AgriTech4Egypt), co-authored ecosystem analyses and helped coordinate workshops that bridge research, policy and early-stage innovation in agrifood and climate-tech. cgiar+1

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AgriTech4Egypt Innovation Challenge: Call for Applications (stories & events contributions)

March 1, 2024

Contributed to Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT/CGIAR communications and stories announcing and reporting on the AgriTech4Egypt Innovation Challenge and related events.

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The state of the agri-, food-, and climate-tech innovation ecosystem in Egypt

January 1, 2024

A report-style article assessing Egypt's agri-, food-, and climate-tech innovation ecosystem, its enablers and barriers, and recommendations for accelerating innovation and market translation in the Egyptian context (co-authored).

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Hobbies

Practices karate and has served as an assistant coach. stockholm50+1