Sadie DeCoste

Sadie DeCoste is a dedicated climate justice advocate and researcher, with a strong focus on addressing the impacts of climate change, particularly 'loss and damage'. She has actively championed climate reparations and fair climate finance systems through her roles with Tipping Point UK and her research at the University of Oxford, where her dissertation focused on this issue in Pakistan. bbc+2

She is a notable youth leader in the climate movement, evidenced by her co-founding and co-directing the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition. In this capacity, she has organized global days of action and advocated for youth participation in climate policy-making, notably at UN Climate negotiations. lossanddamagecollaboration+3

Her academic background in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford and Economics and Society from Minerva Schools at KGI underpins her research contributions, including a co-authored working paper on the complexity of climate change evaluation for the Green Climate Fund. greenclimate+1