REEM AL MEALLA
BAHRAIN
arab youth climate movement
Reem Al Mealla has been working on issues relating to gender and climate justice since 2012 and been a member of the Women and Gender Constituency at the UNFCCC negotiations at both COP18 and COP19. Reem’s work with the Arab Youth Climate Movement involves capacity building and setting up community based conservation programs. She has been actively engaged with the women and gender youth working group, worked with the Bahrain Women’s Association in planning the World’s Environment Day which was celebrated under the theme “raise your voice, not the sea level”. Currently working with youth on various issues relevant to climate change Reem’s special focus is on agriculture, world heritage sites and gender. Reem also recently co-facilitated the women and climate session symposium at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Climate Symposium titled “Re-imagining Climate Justice.”
