Glada Lahn is a senior research fellow in the Environment and Society Programme at Chatham House. Since joining Chatham House in 2004, Glada Lahn has worked on a range of international resource-related projects that intersect with geopolitical, economic and development concerns. Glada has led research on energy policy in the Arab Gulf, energy access among displaced people globally, how climate change and decarbonization affect the prospects and choices for developing-country oil and gas producers, and cascading climate risks and resilience in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Lama Gharaibeh has held a number of roles concerned with energy in the humanitarian space at the Norwegian Refugee Council since 2015. She is currently climate and energy adviser at NORCAP, part of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Prior to that, she was green shift programme adviser. Between 2015 and 2020, Lama worked as planning engineer and technical officer in NRC’s shelter programme in Jordan. There, she focused on supporting energy interventions in host communities in the north of Jordan and Syrian refugee camps (Azraq and Za’atari).
Nour Al-Najjar is energy and environment specialist at UNICEF in Nairobi, Kenya. Prior to that she worked as renewable energy and environment technical coordinator with NRC Jordan, supporting energy interventions in host communities in the north of Jordan and Syrian refugee camps as part of the Renewable Energy for Refugees Project. Nour has also been a project officer in livelihoods and a renewable energy engineer at World Vision.
Dr Majd Al-Naber is a specialist in sustainability and integrated natural resources management and policies in arid regions. She manages several projects addressing environmental security in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region. She utilizes a multidisciplinary approach that encompasses the fields of climate change, food, water and energy securities, environmental displacement and migration, social inclusions, vulnerability and gender. She has extensive experience in the sustainability of agriculture systems under conditions of drought, salinity and water scarcity.
Reem Alhaddadin is a researcher in the Sustainable Development Pillar of the WANA Institute. Her research covers topics of hydro diplomacy, green economy, climate change adaptation and mitigation, renewable energy and water, migration and conflict. Reem holds a bachelor’s degree in water and environmental engineering from the German Jordanian University and a certificate of advanced studies (CAS) in water governance: frameworks and negotiations from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr Sahar Jreisat is an expert in epidemiology and the monitoring and evaluation of health projects. Since 1992, she has held several positions within Jordan’s Ministry of Health, including as deputy general director of planning and deputy general director of the Primary Health Care Directorate. Between June 2013 and January 2018, she was the Ministry of Health’s focal point for the Jordan Response Plan for the Syria Crisis, in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and International Collaboration. She is currently an independent consultant, clients include the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and the RE4R Project.
