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Authored Iraq’s NDC 3.0 mitigation chapter and led the technical pathway from greenhouse-gas evidence to agreed mitigation scenarios. The work combined sector modelling, policy review and stakeholder engagement with senior Iraqi decision makers and UNDP-supported working sessions.

• Developed integrated mitigation scenarios across Iraq’s energy, industry, waste and land-use sectors.
• Aligned BAU and mitigation scenarios with Iraq’s GHG inventory and BTR, and developed the ICTU table for the Paris Agreement ETF.

Consultancy work for the Climate Change Committee developed and validated industrial-decarbonisation pathways for the Seventh Carbon Budget. The work translated modelling assumptions into the evidence needed to advise on credible UK climate-policy choices.

• Led development and validation of industrial-decarbonisation pathways for the Seventh Carbon Budget.
• Integrated energy costs, carbon prices and technology assumptions into policy-ready evidence.

Developed Article 6 institutional and operational recommendations for Iraq through the UNFCCC CiACA programme with the World Green Economy Organization. The work focused on the governance and technical systems needed for credible participation in international carbon markets.

• Developed institutional and operational recommendations on authorisation, reporting, tracking, governance and MRV.
• Turned Article 6 requirements into practical readiness questions for Iraqi policy institutions and senior stakeholders.

Participation in the UNFCCC subsidiary body sessions in Bonn, SB60 and SB62, as an Iraqi delegate and ambassador for the University of Leeds. The photographs show the Iraqi delegation, conference venue and delegation discussions.

• Participated in SB60 and SB62 as an Iraqi delegate and University of Leeds ambassador.
• Connected Iraqi climate priorities with the international negotiation process.

Delivered workshops with IOM and national and regional partners across Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. The work made the connections between climate impacts, human mobility and energy-system choices explicit for policy discussion across humanitarian, economic and climate priorities.

• Delivered cross-sector workshops spanning climate mobility, carbon markets and energy-sector modelling.
• Connected climate impacts, people and energy choices in a shared decision framework for Iraqi and KRI partners.

UKERC research delivery translated industrial decarbonisation and electricity-network evidence into practical policy outputs. The work combined industrial electricity-demand projections with distribution-network capacity data, creating a direct link from research to national advice.

• Delivered UKERC project outputs as a Research Fellow.
• First-author electricity-network research informed Climate Change Committee advice.

Delivered international consultancy for UNEP and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition on short-lived climate pollutants in Iraq. The assignment connected emissions evidence across electricity, oil and gas with mitigation opportunities and national data validation.

• Developed evidence on short-lived climate pollutants across Iraq’s electricity, oil and gas systems.
• Identified mitigation opportunities and validated sectoral data with national stakeholders.

At the invitation of the Kurdistan Region’s Prime Minister’s Office, developed and delivered policy workshops on MRV systems, carbon markets and evidence-based policy making. The focus was on decision-ready institutional capacity rather than generic awareness raising.

• Designed and delivered workshops on MRV systems, carbon markets and evidence-based policy making.
• Translated international climate requirements into institutional questions, data needs and usable decision tools.

Contributed invited expert evidence to Iraq’s climate-change conference, connecting mitigation ambition with energy-system realities. The contribution focused on the choices, assumptions and delivery conditions that turn broad objectives into action.

• Brought whole-system energy evidence into national discussion on climate impacts, mitigation and delivery trade-offs.
• Linked climate ambition with the operational realities of Iraq’s energy system and policy choices.

Contributed as a speaker to Iraqi–British Business Council forums at COP28 on evidence-based policy and climate impacts, connecting Iraqi energy and climate priorities with international business and policy discussion.

• Brought evidence-based Iraqi climate and energy perspectives to an international business and policy forum.
• Connected Iraqi energy and climate priorities with international business and policy discussion.

Developed a tool for the Iraqi negotiation team to review past COP and UNFCCC decisions, analyse their implications for Iraq, trace the history of the COP process and compare countries’ negotiating positions. The video demonstrates the product and its structured reference material.

• Built a reference and analysis tool for Iraq’s climate negotiation team.
• Connected COP decisions, country positions and their implications for Iraq.

A BIEE speaking contribution focused on the pathways and choices shaping industrial decarbonisation. It connected industrial energy-demand evidence with the practical technologies and policy questions behind a net-zero transition.

• Invited speaker at the British Institute of Energy Economics webinar on net zero and the future of industrial energy demand.
• Shared evidence on efficiency, electrification, hydrogen and carbon capture in UK and European industry.

The Energy Demand Research Centre is a national EPSRC programme spanning engineering, social research, buildings, transport and industry. The work contributes to actionable energy-demand solutions for policy, business and the public.

• Named Researcher on the £15,507,719 EPSRC-funded Energy Demand Research Centre programme.
• Contributed to research on demand reduction and low-carbon technologies for an affordable, secure and equitable net-zero transition.

Technical advisory work for the UK Government supported industrial technology, energy-use and emissions modelling. The contribution was formally recognised by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

• Developed industrial technology, energy-use and emissions assumptions for government modelling.
• Received formal DESNZ recognition for the technical modelling contribution.

Contributed to several Iraq–UK roundtables convened by the Iraqi Embassy in London and Chatham House. The work connected Iraqi policy priorities with UK research and international expertise on energy, climate and investment questions.

• Contributed invited evidence to roundtables on Iraq’s energy, climate and investment priorities.
• Created a structured discussion space between Iraqi policy needs, UK research and international expertise.

Invited contributions to public policy debates on Iraq’s oil outlook, carbon markets, water and energy in a changing climate, and whole-system energy modelling. The event posters document the Facing the Future discussions and the ICARE discussion on modelling Iraq’s energy future.

• Debated oil and carbon markets with senior policy makers, including the Deputy Minister of Environment.
• Discussed Iraq’s water–energy challenges and whole-system energy modelling.

Invited by the Iraq Group for Foreign Affairs to speak on Iraq’s future and the climate-change–energy nexus, followed by a meeting with the Prime Minister. The work made climate, energy and economic opportunity visible in long-term national debate.

• Framed the climate–energy nexus around strategic choices, economic opportunity and long-term evidence.
• Brought the links between energy, climate and national development into senior policy discussion.

A Prime Minister Advisory Council contribution on the climate-change risks facing Iraq. The discussion connected climate risk with the energy, investment and policy choices required for a resilient national response.

• Invited speaker on climate-change risks in Iraq at a Prime Minister Advisory Council event.
• Brought climate and energy evidence into senior national-policy discussion on resilient decision making.

Delivered a TEDx Baghdad talk on evidence-based policy making and contributed as a speaker to media programmes. This work makes complex energy and climate issues intelligible to wider public audiences without losing the policy choices beneath them.

• Translated complex energy and climate evidence into accessible public discussion.
• Extended evidence beyond specialist policy rooms through TEDx Baghdad and broadcast media.