Climate Advocacy Training for Youth

Yamide Dagnet is Director, Climate Negotiations at World Resources Institute (WRI). She leads projects and engagement on climate negotiations for the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Her work aims to advance the scaling-up of climate action and support, processes for transparent and verifiable climate data, accountability mechanisms for national commitments, and the necessary enabling, institutional and regulatory, and capacity building environments to transition toward a sustainable and fair zero-carbon and climate-resilient economy. While at WRI, Yamide has managed flagship projects such as ACT 2015 (Agreement for Climate Transformation 2015) on the design of the 2015 climate agreement and of the World Resources Institute's PACT (Project for Advancing Climate Transparency) on the design of guidelines and mechanisms for the implementation of the Paris Agreement, and she contributed to the Climate Justice Dialogue. Yamide brings more than 18 years of experience in advancing environmental objectives, having worked for the UK, French and Belgian governments, including as a policy lead and negotiator on the UNFCCC measurement, reporting and verification framework for the UK, as manager of the UK greenhouse gas inventory, as the UK Deputy Focal Point for the IPCC, as a reviewer under the UNFCCC of countries’ national communications, as the UK representative for the European standardization process for chemicals in contact with drinking water, and as France’s focal point for the EU neighborhood policy and twinning program. Yamide holds a Masters degree in Engineering from the University of Technology of Compiegne (France), with a minor in European studies and specialization in environment, security and quality insurance. In addition to English, she speaks French, Spanish, Portuguese and Creole.

Natalie is the Co-Founder and Director of V’air Hong Kong. She was appointed by the Hong Kong Government as youth member at the Council for Sustainable Development, devising 2050 long-term decarbonisation strategy for Hong Kong. She is currently pursuing MPhil in Environmental Change and Management at University of Oxford.

Beatrice Tulagan is a writer and a climate justice organizer exploring intersections of the personal and the political as we collectively confront the climate crisis, cultural shifts, and social politics. She is passionate about connecting activists towards intersectional organizing, movement-building and exploring what it means to genuinely stand in solidarity with each other's fights amidst societal and environmental shocks.

Beatrice is currently the Regional Organizer for 350.org in Asia, a climate organization working to build a future that's just, prosperous, equitable and safe from the effects of the climate crisis. Within and outside her work with 350, she organizes alongside Asian civil society organizations with a special focus on emerging youth organizations. She specializes in designing trainings and programs for climate and social justice. Her latest project in August 2021, the Asia Solidarity Lab -- a virtual gathering of movements to unite calls towards justice on all fronts and a just recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic -- was attended by over 600 participants from 50 countries.

Beatrice’s essays on COVID-19, gender, environmental justice, culture, and mental health have also appeared on OpenGlobalRights, Manila Standard, Asia Sentinel, and more. She has also contributed poetry and fiction to various publications.

Beatrice holds a Certificate in Public Narrative: Leadership, Storytelling, and Action from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Executive Education. She was a former Fellow for FRIDA: The Young Feminist Fund and Climate Tracker. She is also currently a Fellow of Parabukas> and the Climate Advisor of Behaviorale.

Hahn has been engaging in environmental protection work for over 20 years and has taken the initiative in advocating waste reduction, especially in issues like producer responsibility, recycling, light pollution, etc. In recent years, he promotes citizen movements such as the “Take your litter home” campaign to care for the land. Hahn was a member of the Support Group on Waste Charging of the Council for Sustainable Development (2013 – 2014). In 2014, he received the Roadshow ECO Star Award (Professional Group). He holds a EMBA degree at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a master degree in Environment, Culture and Society at Lancaster University of UK. He is also an alumnus of the School of Journalism at National Chengchi University, Taiwan.

Samson Tong is the founder and chief creative officer of ECHO ASIA Communications. ECHO ASIA Communications was established in 2015. It is positioned as a sustainable enterprise, market brand and multimedia marketing, and is committed to developing and promoting sustainable development and low-carbon life in Hong Kong. He also established Mix Things Happen in 2021 which is a comprehensive, interactive and multifunctional social enterprise platform.

In 2020, he studied Business Sustainability Management at the University of Cambridge and won the 2020 Red Dot Design Award. Also, he has engaged in several brand management projects. His clients include Cathay Pacific, Bank of East Asia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Oxfam, Li Ka Shing Foundation and the like. In addition, Samson and his team highly engage in volunteer activities to practice social responsibilities.

Mark is a year 3 undergraduate, majoring in Environmental Science and minoring in Politics at the University of Hong Kong. He is the Co-Founder of Network of Environmental Student Societies (NESS), a local youth-led organization that aims to enhance climate change awareness and capacity of youth. Mark is also selected as the official HK delegate of the ClimateForce 2041 Antarctica Expedition to observe real-time changes caused by climate change on a carbon-negative journey. With his learnings and experience, Mark aspires to empower youth and raise public awareness on climate actions as a speaker, advocate, and youth leader.

Mitzi Jonelle Tan is the convener and international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines or YACAP. She is also active on Fridays for Future International, the international youth climate movement as YACAP's representative. YACAP is an alliance of individuals and student formations with unities of climate justice, immediate youth led collective climate action, defense of our environmental defenders, and system change.

Graduating from Calvin University with a Bachelor’s degree of International Affairs, Priscilla works as a Sustainability Consultant at Carbon Care Asia. She is responsible for sustainability reporting and stakeholder engagement for listed companies in Hong Kong. Prior to CCA, Priscilla has extensive experience working in an international NGO sector and has co-founded an organization called The Shared Meal, which crowdsources meatless home-cooked recipes and memories, aiming to link climate to our everyday meals. As a climate advocate, she is a YOUNGO member and ran an initiative called Solmunity to promote community solar energy in Hong Kong previously. Also, she enjoys yoga and hiking in her spare time.