About Us

We are a coalition of youths from the global North and South who have come together to demand action on addressing the Loss and Damage caused by climate change. Our coalition is made up of 1400+ youths in more than 90 countries

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.

Umuhoza Ineza

Global Coordinator

Grace 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 and Damage Youth Coalition (LDYC).

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 Coordinator

Grace 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 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

Mamadou Sylla​

Advocacy Working Group Coordinator

Sylla is an environmental activist from Senegal and a member of ASAN, a non-governmental organization focused on nature protection and sustainable tourism. He is the founding President of Naturefriends UGB at Gaston Berger University.

Shreya K.C.​

Advocacy Working Group Coordinator​

Shreya 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 Coordinator​

Eva 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 Coordinator

Adeline 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 Coordinator

Kevin 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 Coordinator

Paul 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 Coordinator

Samuel 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 Coordinator

Lamis 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.

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