Amali (she/her) has extensive global experience in refugee protection, refugee resettlement and in forced migration and displacement contexts, having
worked globally for numerous NGOs, the UN Refugee Agency and the US Refugee Admissions Program. Years of interviewing refugees fleeing conflict
afforded her the chance to hear their stories of also fleeing climate change. Through this, Climate Refugees was born. She has conducted country and
regional case studies and research in climate-induced displacement contexts, including in urban camp settings. Her research on climate, conflict and
displacement in the Lake Chad Basin in Africa’s Sahel was presented as evidence of loss and damage at COP 26. She is a member of the World
Economic Forum Expert Network in Migration, Human Rights & Humanitarian Response, the UC Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-
Discrimination Law (climate refugees & immigrant justice working group). She sits on the advisory board of The Center for Climate and Security in Washington
D.C.