Achref Chibani

Achref Chibani is a former Nonresident Fellow at TIMEP focusing on climate change in the Middle East and North Africa region. He is a Tunisian journalist, researcher, and civil society activist whose core areas of focus are climate change, renewable energies, and environmental protection. Based in Tataouine, southern Tunisia, Achref is also an Early Career Researcher Representative at the MENA Social Policy Network. He was formerly a visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Middle East Program. You can follow him on Twitter at @ChibaniAchref.

Articles by: Achref Chibani

Local Roots: Indigenous Seeds and Tunisian Food Security

It is becoming increasingly clear that Tunisia’s agricultural model based on water-intensive hybrid seeds is unsustainable and has eroded Tunisia’s food sovereignty and created damaging dependencies on global grain markets. What, then,...

تصورات مؤتمر الأمم المتحدة للتغير المناخي حول واقع وفجوات العمل المناخي في ليبيا وتونس

من المهم إعادة النظر في تجارب ليبيا وتونس في مؤتمر المناخ السابع والعشرين لفهم الأداء والإخفاقات والفرص المحتملة على نحو أفضل، وأخذها بعين الاعتبار في مؤتمرات المناخ المقبلة.

COP27 Provided Reflection of Reality and Existing Gaps in Libya and Tunisia Climate Action 

It is important to revisit the experiences of Libya and Tunisia at COP27 to better understand performance, setbacks, and possible opportunities to consider for upcoming COPs.