Policy and legal engagement

International Court of Justice, obligations of States in respect of climate change

Invited expert on the IPCC team briefing Members of the Court. December 2024.

UNFCCC Global Stocktake, technical dialogue roundtable on mitigation

Resource expert. Bonn, June 2023.

UNFCCC SBSTA 56, regional trends in historical emissions

Presenter. Bonn, June 2022.

COP30, UK Pavilion, CCUS myth-busting live

Panellist. 2025.

COP28, Greek Pavilion, the EU's path to net zero

Panellist. 2023.

COP27, IPCC Pavilion and Korean Pavilion

Moderator. 2022.

Science Based Targets initiative, workshop on carbon dioxide removal in corporate net-zero transitions

London, October 2024.

Keynotes and invited talks

Artificial intelligence in the IPCC

Keynote, IPCC Workshop on Methods of Assessment, University of Reading. February 2026.

The role of artificial intelligence tools in climate change scientific assessments

Panellist, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research and the British Academy. October 2025.

Machine learning in climate change mitigation scenarios: from model development to ensemble analysis

Keynote, Politecnico di Milano. March 2025.

The use of AI in the development of USGCRP scientific assessments

Panellist, US Global Change Research Program Advisory Committee. September 2024.

Artificial intelligence in the IPCC process

SIGIR MANILA24 workshop. July 2024.

IPCC AR6 scenario database and scenario explorer

Webinars for Melbourne Climate Futures and the Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand. January 2023.

IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C

TEDx Durbarmarg, Kathmandu. October 2020.

Video

What is climate change?

Recorded for the IPCC. Alaa sets out what climate change is and what Working Group III assesses, in three minutes.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Service

Academic Editor, PLOS Climate

Machine learning and AI section.

Guest Editor, Futures

Special issue on constructing futures through climate modelling.

Academic Board, Cambridge-Bloomberg Sustainability Corporate Bond Index

Since 2024.

Referee

Nature Climate Change, Nature Energy, Joule, Nature Communications, Climate Policy, Scientific Data, npj Climate Action, One Earth, Earth System Dynamics, Environmental Research Letters and PLOS Climate.

Report reviewer

UNEP Emissions Gap Report, UNEP Production Gap Report, IISD.