Past COP youth delegates -

Past youth delegates

Eezu Tan

COP30 Delegate

Eezu Tan is the co-founder of Climate Writers, a grassroots community driving political climate action through letter-writing. With a background in climate-tech, consulting at Bain, and theatre, Climate Writers has grown from living room gatherings to a national movement. Her work has been featured on TEDx, SBS, and the Australian Museum.

Jakirah Telfer

COP30 Delegate

Jakirah is a Kaurna, Narungga, Kokatha young custodian guided by Country. Her work centres her land, sea, and sky territories, putting Indigenous ways of being, doing, and knowing at the forefront of climate action. Country always comes first — through language, dance, song, and ceremony. Indigenous knowledge systems lead the way forward. Jakirah is a young leader of ceremony and dance for her people, still learning and growing into who she is culturally called upon to be.

Zahra Al Hilaly

COP30 Delegate

Zahra is a proud Palestinian and Iraqi woman advancing eco-theology and interfaith climate action. In 2024, Zahra established climate training to mobilise young people from faith communities who have experienced conflict and war, to protect creation, restore harmony with nature, and revive moral leadership in climate movements. No stranger to international negotiations, Zahra has led multiple delegations of member-state negotiators, including COP29 and COP16 in 2024 as part of her role as International Portfolio Manager at the Youth Negotiators Academy.

Lala Gutchen

COP29 Delegate, in collaboration with Our Islands Our Home and 350 Pacific

Lala Gutchen is a proud Meuram woman from Erub (Darnley Island) in Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait). At COP29, she brought her powerful storytelling and unwavering climate advocacy to the global stage. Lala participated in the Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus and spoke on panels in both the Australian Pavilion—hosted by Our Islands Our Home—and the Moana Pacific Blue Pavilion, where she highlighted the disproportionate climate risks facing her community on Erub. Lala remains deeply committed to protecting and preserving the land and sea environments of her island home. You can see her leadership and passion in action through the Patagonia short film Sea Country (Malu Lag).

Isaac Nasedra

COP29 Delegate

Isaac is a proud Fijian from the Lomaiviti province currently residing on Bidjigal land in South West Sydney, Australia. He is passionate about ensuring the Pacific Islands and all First Nations don’t just have a voice in decision-making spaces but are actively consulted and respected in spaces that affect them. Finding strength in inclusive engagement, Isaac was inspired to create the @veilomaniproject, an initiative that focuses on climate justice and its intersectionalities, highlighting that you cannot achieve climate justice without working towards justice for all marginalised communities and that progress requires collaboration. Isaac uses his experience at COP29 to continue to build capacity and empower young Pacific leaders within the diaspora to thrive in advocacy spaces including international climate fora.

Maya Farmer

COP29 Delegate

Maya is a youth climate advocate from Coffs Harbour and a current Bachelor of Science student at the University of Melbourne. She is passionate about grassroots activism and amplifying the voices of regional youth in climate decision-making spaces. Maya has volunteered with School Strike 4 Climate and the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. Since COP29, she has continued her advocacy by developing a youth climate network to provide resources of young people in regional Australia engage in climate advocacy. She is one of nine young people in the group Generation Justice who have lodged a human rights complaint with the UN special Rapporteur on Climate Change against the Australian Government.

Jahmaica Mene

COP29 Delegate, in collaboration with Our Islands Our Home and 350 Pacific

Jahmaica is a proud Panay Woman, totem Dugong, from Mabuyag Island, in the Torres Strait, and a proud mother to one. Jahmaica was inspired to be involved in climate advocacy after witnessing the impacts of climate change firsthand, and understanding the importance of cultural preservation. Jahmaica attended COP29 with the aim of engaging in as many events, discussions and negotiations related to loss and damage and safeguarding Indigenous knowledge as possible so that she can help her community advocate for their lands in national and international climate decision-making spaces. In a panel event hosted by DCCEEW, Elevating voices, empowering youth: international dialogue to enable innovative climate policy, Jahmaica spoke about the barriers young Torres Strait Islanders face in engaging with the Australian and international climate movement. Alongside Lala and Tishiko King, she also took part in the first all-Torres Strait Islander panel (to our knowledge!) at COP, co-hosted in the Moana Pacific Blue Pavilion with Our Islands Our Home.

Daniella Conser

COP28 Delegate

Daniella is an environmental advocate passionate about protecting the planet and empowering communities through science-based, nature-driven solutions. She strives to inspire meaningful behavioural change and the development of sustainable, equitable futures by finding innovative ways to connect people. Dedicated to bridging the gap between science and society, she often uses art, poetry, and other creative forms to communicate the urgency of climate action. At COP28, Daniella participated as part of the AYFICE Oceania Climate Stories project, where she explored how the intersections of art and nature can create powerful pathways for impact and inspire collective action.

Mary Maselina Harm

COP28 Delegate

Mary Maselina Harm is a proud Samoan–Chinese-Fijian storyteller and multicultural community worker based in Meanjin (Brisbane). As a co-founder of The Future Ancestors Program, she is dedicated to harnessing the transformative power of storytelling to drive social change. Mary attended COP to learn how she can better upskill young Pacific leaders including within the diaspora. Mary is currently a campaign manager at 350 Australia.

Kupa Matangira

COP28 Delegate

Kupakwashe Matangira is an award-winning human rights activist, social entrepreneur and intersectional feminist. Much of Kupa’s work focuses on the nexus of youth empowerment, gender equality, justice reform and climate change. Kupa attended COP28 to highlight the importance of engaging young people in climate advocacy. After attending COP29, Kupa has continued her impressive advocacy work, taking part in Plan International Australia's Youth Activist Series for 2024, and winning the 2024 Youth Medal awarded by Multicultural NSW and the Diana Award for her work as a human rights advocate. She is currently serving on the DCCEEW Youth Advisory Council on International Climate Change.

Guruji Wagner

COP28 Delegate

Guruji Wagner is a proud Yidinji man from Far North Queensland, currently completing a Bachelor of Design (Mechanical Engineering Systems) at the University of Melbourne. Committed to addressing the underrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in STEM, Guruji attended COP to speak about the coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef - which represents a significant cultural site for his people. He also sought to explore how he can contribute meaningfully to his industry within the broader context of international climate action.