Khadeeja Naseem
Senior Associate
Khadeeja (Hajja) Naseem is a Senior Associate in E3G’s Climate Diplomacy and Geopolitics team.
Her work focuses on strategic climate diplomacy, engagement with Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and adaptation in international climate negotiations.
Hajja brings over 15 years of experience as a leading climate change expert from the Maldives. She previously served as Minister of State for Environment, Climate Change, and Technology, and represented the Maldives at high-level international climate fora, including as the country’s lead negotiator to the UNFCCC. She also played a key role on the Transitional Committee of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, contributing to the establishment of the fund’s institutional architecture.
She is currently a Non-Resident Senior Advisor at Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania; a Senior Advisor on Climate Change to the International Peace Institute; a Lead Author for Working Group II of the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report (AR7); and a Global Facilitator for the Systematic Observations Financing Facility of the World Meteorological Organization. Most recently, she served as a Technical Advisor to the Climate Emergency Collaboration Group (CECG).
She holds a BA in Human Ecology from the College of the Atlantic (USA) and an MA in Climate Policy from the University of Melbourne (Australia).
Her work focuses on strategic climate diplomacy, engagement with Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and adaptation in international climate negotiations.
Hajja brings over 15 years of experience as a leading climate change expert from the Maldives. She previously served as Minister of State for Environment, Climate Change, and Technology, and represented the Maldives at high-level international climate fora, including as the country’s lead negotiator to the UNFCCC. She also played a key role on the Transitional Committee of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, contributing to the establishment of the fund’s institutional architecture.
She is currently a Non-Resident Senior Advisor at Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania; a Senior Advisor on Climate Change to the International Peace Institute; a Lead Author for Working Group II of the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report (AR7); and a Global Facilitator for the Systematic Observations Financing Facility of the World Meteorological Organization. Most recently, she served as a Technical Advisor to the Climate Emergency Collaboration Group (CECG).
She holds a BA in Human Ecology from the College of the Atlantic (USA) and an MA in Climate Policy from the University of Melbourne (Australia).