Rina Kedem is an environmental cooperation entrepreneur with over two decades of experience fostering cross-border collaborations among Israelis, Palestinians, and Jordanians. She co-directs the “Arid+ center for climate resilience” with the Dead Sea and Arava Center and the Jordan-Israel Center for Community, Environment, and Research at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. Dr. Kedem holds a Ph.D. in environmental policy and transboundary cooperation from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she also teaches in the International Development MA program. Her research and practice encompass climate change, environmental policy, conflict-sensitive international development, and transboundary natural resource management. She develops and directs cross-sectoral projects through participatory leadership with governmental officials, local authorities, private sector and civil society.
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Dr. Rina Kedem
