Biography:

Received the Ph.D. degree in 1991 at the Department of Civic Design, University of Liverpool, U.K. in 1991. Currently hold the position of Professor of environmental economics, Department of Environmental Studies, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alexandria, Egypt. Selected by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change as a Leader Author for the upcoming Fifth Assessment Report on Climate Change. Worked between 2000 and 2008, as an Advisor, to Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE) for the Socio-Economics for Sustainable Development Program. Worked as a consultant to a number of, environment-related research projects in a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, sponsored by various donors including UNDP, UNEP, EC, IDRC (Canada), DANIDA and IFAD. Conducted a number of research papers in the fields of environmental and urban socioeconomic assessments and economics of the environment. The research papers cover topics on economic feasibility of solid waste management, economic valuation, economic feasibility of solar energy, vulnerability and adaptation to impacts of climate change and socioeconomic assessment of urban areas.

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