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Sudanese youth climate activist
Nisreen Elsaim
نسرين الصائم
Nisreen Elsaim in 2022
BornSudan
Alma materUniversity of Khartoum, Sudan
OccupationClimate activist
Years active2012-present
MovementSudan Youth for Climate Change

Nisreen Elsaim (Arabic: نسرين الصائم; born 1993 or 1994) is a Sudanese climate activist and climate negotiator.

Personal life

Elsaim was born in Sudan and was raised in Khartoum. As a child, Elsaim interacted with nature frequently, often playing on the riverbanks of the White Nile and the Blue Nile, which meet in Khartoum.

Elsaim holds a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's degree in renewable energy technology from the University of Khartoum.

She participated in the Sudanese revolution in 2018 and 2019.

A month after the Sudanese civil war began in April 2023, Elsaim and her family, including her husband and nine-month-old son, had to flee Sudan for their safety. Her brother-in-law, who stayed behind, died shortly after. She has since returned to the country briefly, but not to Khartoum.

Since the onset of the Sudanese civil war, she has lived in London, Paris, Florence, and Berlin.

Career

In 2012, due to protests during her first year at the University of Khartoum, the government shut down the school for three and a half months. During this time away from classes, Elsaim became interested in science diplomacy and began volunteering at the Sudanese Environment Conservation Society.

In 2016, she founded the Sudan Youth Organisation for Climate Change (SYOCC). She remained its Chair until 2021.

By 2018, she was involved with the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, and was working as a junior negotiator with the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN).

In 2019, she attended the Abu Dhabi Youth Voices conference. After the conference, she was invited to co-organize the 2019 United Nations Youth Climate Summit.

She was the Chair of the United Nations' first Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change from 2020 to 2022, organized by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, after a nomination by the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance. Speaking on the experience in 2023, she noted that although she felt the advisory group "changed the culture around youth engagement," she also found it frustrating "to follow UN protocols rather than work as independent activists".

She awarded a fellowship at the Robert Bosch Academy in Germany until November 2024.

Awards

  • 2023 Young Activists Summit
  • June 2024 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize finalist; organized by the Kofi Annan Foundation and the Democracy and Culture Foundation.

See also

References

  1. ^ Blazhevska, Vesna. "Young leaders tapped to invigorate UN's climate action plans, hold leaders to account". United Nations Sustainable Development. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  2. ^ Elsaim, Nisreen. "I Am A Climate Diplomat and Here Is Why I Think The Climate Emergency Needs Scientific Solutions". Global Citizen. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
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  8. ^ Rehse-Knauf, Luca (2024-11-07). "An activist in Sudan engaged in climate, peace and security". www.deutschland.de. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  9. Nilsson-Julien, Estelle. "Meet the young climate activists who fled war and death threats". Euro News. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  10. ^ Shipton, Emily (2023). "Sudanese climate activist Nisreen Elsaim: a voice for the world's young people". CIWEM. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  11. "Nisreen Elsaim". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 2024-05-11. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  12. "#YouthParticipation: Nisreen Elsaim, on her journey to becoming a UN Youth Climate". www.fes-connect.org. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  13. Nations, United. "The Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change - 2020". United Nations. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  14. Incari, Sarah (2023-11-27). "Awards for 5 young activists in presence of Prince Albert II". Monaco Tribune. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  15. "The Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize 2024 Finalists!". Kofi Annan Foundation. 2024-08-01. Retrieved 2025-01-06.

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