Sustainable Development
Nisreen Tamimi
Deputy Secretary General for Sustainable Development
Nisreen Tamimi is the UfM Deputy Secretary General for Sustainable Development since March 2026.
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A Palestinian environmental scientist and public sector leader, Nisreen Tamimi, Ph.D. brings more than 25 years of experience in environmental governance, climate policy, sustainable agriculture, and water resource management. Her career combines senior government leadership, academic expertise, and scientific research, with a strong focus on aligning national environmental policies with international sustainability frameworks and advancing climate resilience.
From 2022 to 2025, she served as Chairperson of the Palestinian Environment Quality Authority (EQA), where she led national environmental governance and climate diplomacy. In this role, she oversaw the revision of the Palestinian Environmental Law, guided the development of national environmental assessment policies, and represented Palestine in major international forums, including the UN Climate Change Conferences (COP27–COP29), the UN Environment Assembly, and the Convention on Biological Diversity. She also served as Palestine’s focal point to the UNFCCC and the Green Climate Fund, coordinating climate commitments and advancing climate finance initiatives.
Earlier in her career, she served as Professor assistant and Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Science and Technology at Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie (2018–2022), where she led academic programmes in environment, natural resources and agricultural sciences, developed new curricula, and supervised graduate research. She also worked as a scientific researcher during her study at the University of Koblenz-Landau in Germany and as an agricultural engineer with the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture, contributing to regional programmes on climate adaptation and sustainable water use.
She holds a Ph.D. in Environmental and Natural Sciences, an M.Sc. in Water Science and Technology, and a B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering, and has published extensively on soil science and wastewater reuse in agriculture.
