Risham Waseem

I have over a decade long experience of working in the development sector, specifically specialising in innovative communication and advocacy campaigns designed to engage local communities and facilitate civic action. I am the founder of Climateabad, an initiative to bring together Climate Education, Adaptation, and Action for our fellow Brown People in the Global South.

Within the UK, I am the project coordinator for Paint the Change, where I am leading a local climate action campaign in East London called Cleaner Greener East London. Previously, I was the director of Maati TV, Pakistan’s first web-based interactive video site, creating critical discourse and awareness on climate change and other social justice issues impacting the youth and marginalised segments of Pakistani society.

Recipient of both the Chevening South Asian Journalism Fellowship in the UK and the Hurford Youth Fellowship in the USA.