Prof. Mohamed Abdel-Karim Aly Abdrabo is Professor of Environmental Economics at Alexandria University, Egypt, with more than four decades of academic, research, and professional experience in environmental economics, climate change, and sustainable development. He established the Alexandria Research Center for Adaptation to Climate Change (ARCA), where he served as a senior academic and research leader.
His research focuses on the socioeconomic impacts and vulnerability to climate change, climate adaptation and resilience, sea-level rise, coastal vulnerability, environmental valuation, and sustainable development. He has contributed to major international climate assessments, including serving as a Lead Author for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), and currently contributes to IPCC AR7 and MedECC assessments. He has collaborated with UNDP, UNEP, ESCWA, IUCN, GIZ, IDRC, and the European Commission on climate and environmental policy and research.