In parliament, Abdi has since been serving on the Committee on Climate Protection and Energy, the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development[4] and the Subcommittee on International Climate and Energy Policy.[5] She is also her parliamentary group's spokesperson for development policy.[6]
In addition to her committee assignments, Abdi is part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Maghreb States.
Within her parliamentary group, Abdi belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[7]