Kamal Amakrane
Managing Director
Global Centre for Climate Mobility
About
Kamal currently leads the Global Centre for Climate Mobility, advancing various regional initiatives, including the Africa Climate Mobility Initiative, a joint undertaking by the AU, UN and the World Bank to address climate-forced migration and displacement in the continent. He also spearheads the Rising Nations Initiative, a UN Member States-led initiative focused on protecting the statehood and sovereignty of Pacific atoll island countries facing existential threat from rising sea level. Kamal has been a faculty member of Columbia University since 2018, where he co-chairs the University's Climate Mobility Network. From 2015 to 2017, Kamal served as Political Director to successive Presidents of the UN General Assembly, where he led the Office's instrumental contribution on migration and human rights issues, including the negotiation and adoption of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants. He is an Architect and a graduate of Sciences Po Paris, Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and the Saint-Luc School of Architecture. He speaks fluent English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Amazigh.