Neeshad Shafi

Environmentalist

Neeshad Shafi is an Environmentalist, Speaker and Social Change Advocate. He was distinguished as one of the ‘World’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy 2019.' Neeshad holds a master’s degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering and based in Doha, Qatar. He has over 6+ years of experience in analyzing Global Environmental Politics and Climate Policies with a special focus on the Middle East. An active member of several global environmental youth groups and contributed actively in international summits notably United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations at COP21, COP22, COP24, COP25, World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos 2019, World Economic Forum Middle East 2019, Global Landscapes Forum Bonn 2019 and UN Youth Climate Summit 2019. In January 2020, Neeshad Shafi was featured in the QLife magazine by Government Communications Office (GCO) of the State of Qatar as 10 Influential people in Qatar who have pushed the boundaries and represented Qatar on the global stage. In March 2019, he was named in the Apolitical’s List of the World’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy 2019. In December 2018, Neeshad was also featured in live interviews on former US Vice President Al Gore’s 24 Hours of Reality. Neeshad is the Agenda Contributor for World Economic Forum and his recent articles and interviews have appeared in TEDx, BBC, France24, Al Jazeera, Washington Post, Guardian, The Gulf Times, Qatar Tribune, Qatar Today and others. Neeshad Shafi is currently the Executive Director at the Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar and the A member of Global Shapers (Doha Hub) with World Economic Forum, +SocialGood Fellow 2021 by United Nations Foundation; was named by the European Commission as Peace Ambassador to One Young World Summit 2017; Board Member at Climate Action Network (CAN) Arab World; President, We Make Change Qatar; Associate at Youth Climate Lab, Global Communication Coordinator at Womenpreneur; Country Organizer at Earth Hour Qatar. He is also on board of CoalitionWILD, Global Shapers Climate and Environment and UNESCO Youth Climate Action Network (YoU-CAN) Steering Committees and also UNEP Youth Regional Facilitator for the Middle East.