Mission
To build a borderless global partnership between youth to take action on addressing loss and damage.
Vision
A world where the impacts of loss and damage are addressed equitably. A world where developed countries take responsibility for their outsize contribution to the climate crisis by treating loss and damage with a sense of urgency. A world where we honor the rights of future generations to a safe climate.
Nicolas Gaulin
Global Coordinator
Nicolas is the former Executive Coordinator of the BCCIC Climate Change Branch, a Vancouver-based youth climate advocacy organization committed to SDG 13 and intergenerational equity. He has co-published several papers on supply-side fossil fuel cuts.
Team
Umuhoza Grace
Global CoordinatorGrace Ineza is the Founder of the youth-led Rwandan non-profit The Green Protector, where she serves as an Executive Officer and the co-founder of the Loss c and Damage Youth Coalition (LDYC).
Nicolas Gaulin
Global CoordinatorNicolas is the former Executive Coordinator of the BCCIC Climate Change Branch, a Vancouver-based youth climate advocacy organization committed to SDG 13 and intergenerational equity. He has co-published several papers on supply-side fossil fuel cuts
Thato Angelina Gabaitse
Advocacy Working Group CoordinatorBotswana-based climate policy strategist and grassroots advocate. She leads national and regional dialogues on just energy transitions and gender-responsive climate action, with contributions to UNGA, COP forums, and Indigenous Peoples' strategies. A Purpose Earth grantee, DemEd Global Course Ambassador 2025-26 and named among the 100 Influential African Women (2025).
Shreya K.C.
Advocacy Working Group CoordinatorShreya is a passionate Nepali socio-climate justice activist with a strong understanding of climate negotiations. She works with diverse young people globally to champion the meaningful participation of youth in decision-making spaces.
Eva Peace
Traning Working Group CoordinatorEva Peace is an Environmentalist and co-founder of the LDYC where she serves as the coordinator of the training working group. Eva is also the Co-coordinator of the L&DC’s finance working group and the Finance Officer of The Green Protector.
Adeline Cyuzuzo
Storytelling Working Group CoordinatorAdeline is an environmentalist, passionate about climate change and sustainable development. Adeline is the coordinator of the storytelling working group of the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition (LDYC).
Kevin Mtai
Commmunication CoordinatorKevin is a Kenya climate justice activist co-founder of the Kenya Environmental Action Network and Former event coordinator at MockCop26, communications coordinator at the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition.
Paul Chukwuma
Commmunication CoordinatorPaul is a Nigerian climate enthusiast and published author in sustainability & climate change. He was the national coordinator for Climate Science in Rwanda and a policy officer at The Green Protector
Samuel C. Okorie
Research Working Group CoordinatorSamuel is a climate and environmental specialist, a Climate Reality Leader, and a Fellow of Cambridge Existential Risk. He has served as a Climate Pact Ambassador for the EU, an Investigative Journalist with the British Council, and Lead Field Researcher for UNICEF Nigeria’s urban slum research and research coordinator at LDYC.
Lamis El Khatieb
Research Working Group CoordinatorLamis is a British Council Green Scholar and an MSc Environmental Futures (Climate Change) graduate. She serves as Egypt’s National Focal Point at Un1fy and is the Research Working Group Coordinator with the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition. She is also a YLE researcher and a Placement Project Intern with the Carbon Literacy Project.