Manal Bidar

Manal Bidar is an 18 year old Climate Activist from Agadir, Morocco. She is lead of communications for YOUNGO (The Official Youth constituency of the UNFCCC), Coordinator of Accessibility and Inclusivity for COY16 (UN Conference of Youth 16), an ambassador for the African Youth Climate Hub, and the lead of Communications and Website Development for the LCOY (Local Conferences of Youth) Working Group.

Manal has represented the Kingdom of Morocco at PRECOP26, and represented FM6E and her country at the G20 summit in Kyoto, Japan, and in the MockCOP26. Nationally, Manal is Project Manager & Adviser at the Moroccan Youth Government and Young Parliamentary Deputy at the Moroccan Youth Parliament. 

Recently, she has been selected along with other young people from all regions of the world to join the GCA’s (Global Center on Adaptation) Youth Advisory Panel and will provide strategic advice to Dr. Prof. Patrick Verkooijen.

Carlo Delantar

Carlo Delantar is a founding partner of Core Capital which invests in the next generation of the Philippine’s most promising startups. As the Head of Circular Economy at Gobi Partners, Carlo leads investments in innovative companies that champion sustainability.

Previously as an award-winning social entrepreneur, Carlo’s work as the Country Director of Waves For Water Philippines (W4W), a non-profit providing access to clean water, impacted one million Filipinos.

Carlo is currently a Circular Economy Pioneer at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and was the Co-Chair of the Global Shapers Climate Action Steering Committee at the World Economic Forum.

Neeshad Shafi

Website: www.neeshad.com
Email: neeshad@aycmqatar.org

Neeshad Shafi is a young environmentalist, speaker, and policy-oriented social change advocate with a master’s degree in Energy & Environmental Engineering based in Doha, Qatar. 

He is the Co-founder & Executive Director at the Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar, a Board Member at Climate Action Network (CAN) Arab World and CoalitionWILD, and a steering committee member of the UNESCO Youth Climate Action Network (YoU-CAN). Neeshad is also a TEDx Speaker, a UNEP Youth Regional Facilitator for the Middle East and Agenda Contributor for the World Economic Forum

His accolades include Apolitical’s List of the 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy 2019 and his interviews have appeared in numerous publications including Al Jazeera, BBC, France24, Washington Post, Guardian, Wired Italia, Anadolu Agency, The Gulf Times and the Qatar Tribune.

Nisreen Elsaim

Instagram: NisreenElsaim
Twitter: NisreenElsaim
Linkedin: Nisreen Elsaim

Nisreen Elsaim is an environmental and climate activist with a Bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Khartoum, Sudan, where she is pursuing her master's degree in renewable energy.

General coordinator for Youth and Environment - Sudan (YES) platform to give all environment working youth the networking they need, Ms. Elsaim is also the Chair of Sudan Youth Organization on Climate Change (SYOCC) and a junior negotiator with the African Group of Negotiators in technology transfer, where she focuses on the policies of countries regarding climate change and renewable energies

As part of many regional and international platforms, Nisreen has led and mentored young people within YOUNGO, PACJA, Abu Dhabi youth Voices, and others. She has written several policy papers in climate change, renewable energy, gender and youth empowerment, and was recently chosen to chair the UN Secretary General youth adviser on climate change along with 6 other young climate activists. 

Host

Sabrina Guzman Skotnitsky

Instagram: sabrinaskotman
Facebook: Sabrina Guzman Skotnitsky
LinkedIn: Sabrina Guzman Skotnitsky

Sabrina (she/her) is Youth Climate Lab’s International Policy Specialist. She is also a climate justice advocate, researcher, and youth consultant residing on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples (Vancouver).

Editor

Rachel Rose Chevalier Gordon

LinkedIn: Rachel Rose Gordon

Rachel (she/her) is Youth Climate Lab’s Communications Specialist. She has a special interest in community-centric organizing, effectively leveraging privilege, and sustainable change models

Rohini Dutta

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Rohini Dutta (she/her/hers) is a medical student at Christian medical College Ludhiana Punjab India and a Global Surgery Fellow at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research in Surgical Care Delivery in Low-Middle Income Countries, India. Her clinical and research work currently focuses on increasing access to surgical and obstetric care in low-resource settings to rural and marginalised communities. As a part of health system strengthening, she hopes to bring in sustainable solutions while scaling surgical healthcare systems.

Xiomara Acevedo

Instagram: xioacevedo
Twitter: Xiomy_Acevedo
Facebook: Xiomy Acevedo
Linkedin: Xiomara Acevedo

Xiomara Acevedo is an Internationalist and Climate Change activist, consultant and social entrepreneur from Colombia. She is the founder and director of Barranquilla+20 a youth-led & focused NGO whose mission is to educate and empower children and youth in climate change, biodiversity and water in Colombia and LAC countries. Since 2012 she has been an active part of the environmental and climate movements. She also coordinates the Global Youth Biodiversity Network in Colombia and the Women for Climate Justice project. Generation Equality youth grantee from the Gates Foundation and One Young World Ambassador.

Desmond Alugnoa

Desmond Alugnoa is the Co-Founder of the Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) and the Program Coordinator for the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA). He is a youth leader with focus on Community Empowerment and Rural Innovation.

Desmond’s work focuses on building movements to provide youth and gender-based leadership and support frontline communities to adapt to climate change. His work is dedicated to building capacities of vulnerable groups and providing solutions to pressing environmental issues through youth empowerment and public education.

Desmond’s professional background is in Climate and Development policies, Zero Waste Models and Organization Management. He has a Master’s degree in Public Management from the University of Potsdam, a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of Cape Coast and further studies with the Zero Waste Academy in Manila, Philippines. 

HOST

Sabrina Guzman Skotnitsky

Instagram: sabrinaskotman
Facebook: Sabrina Guzman Skotnitsky
LinkedIn: Sabrina Guzman Skotnitsky

Sabrina (she/her) is Youth Climate Lab’s International Policy Specialist. She is also a climate justice advocate, researcher, and youth consultant residing on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples (Vancouver).

EDITOR

Rachel Rose Chevalier Gordon

LinkedIn: Rachel Rose Gordon

Rachel (she/her) is Youth Climate Lab’s Communications Specialist. She has a special interest in community-centric organizing, effectively leveraging privilege, and sustainable change models

Jeremy Raguain

Instagram: turtlecommuter
Twitter: mahesituated
Facebook: Jeremy Sadler
Linkedin: Jeremy Raguain

Jeremy Raguain (he/him) is a 27 year old conservationist primarily working with the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) which manages Seychelles’ UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Currently as SIF’s Communications and Outreach Coordinator and previously as its Project Officer, Jeremy has led and facilitated projects that tackle invasive alien species, plastic pollution and climate change. Jeremy also volunteers with the Global Shapers Victoria Hub, principally coordinating the Environmental Youth Leadership Program which seeks to empower young Seychellois to take community level climate action. He also volunteers with the Sustainable Ocean Alliance’s Youth Policy Advisory Council and runs projects with this youth led ocean focused international NGO.

Raquel Sagot

Instagram: raq.sagot
Twitter: RaSagot

Raquel is a 28-year-old climate activist living in Palmares. She is an investigator with a masters in sustainable development and ecology education who is also a partner of the Youth and Climate Change Costa Rican Network, and is now is co-leading a Youth Program called Climate Agents. She works with communities on intersectional climate action projects and is obsessed with manatees.

Irfan Ullah

Instagram: irfanullahdm
Twitter: IrfanUllahCDO
Linkedin: Irfan Ullah Afridi

Mr. Irfan Ullah is a passionate social and climate activist with the ability to motivate and inspire individuals in identifying their potentials to continue and share the passion of serving others. Mr. Irfan has a Master’s degree from the United Nations University Institute of Environment and Human Security Bonn. He has five years of multi-sectoral experiences spanning from disaster risk reduction, climate risk insurance, climate change adaptation and resilience, community mobilization, water hygiene and sanitation, food security and livelihoods, and from conflict triggered disasters to earthquake, flood response, and sustainable development.

HOST

Sabrina Guzman Skotnitsky

Instagram: sabrinaskotman
Facebook: Sabrina Guzman Skotnitsky
LinkedIn: Sabrina Guzman Skotnitsky

Sabrina (she/her) is Youth Climate Lab’s International Policy Specialist. She is also a climate justice advocate, researcher, and youth consultant residing on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples (Vancouver).

EDITOR

Rachel Rose Chevalier Gordon

LinkedIn: Rachel Rose Gordon

Rachel (she/her) is Youth Climate Lab’s Communications Specialist. She has a special interest in community-centric organizing, effectively leveraging privilege, and sustainable change models