Leehi Yona is pursuing a BA in Environmental Studies and Biology (Minor Public Policy) at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Yona has studied Arctic science and policy as a Penelope W. and E. Roe IV Stamps Scholar and James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar at Dartmouth. Yona is also a community organiser and has worked on several youth climate justice campaigns, including Power Shift Canada and USA and the Divest Dartmouth fossil fuel divestment campaign. Yona is a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor of Québec’s Youth Medal and was named Canada’s Top Environmentalist under 25 in 2013.

Alex Lenferna is a South African Mandela Rhodes and Fulbright Scholar at the University of Washington, conducting his PhD focusing on climate justice. His research has examined a range of related topics, including climate change-induced migration, geoengineering, carbon taxes, climate reparations, global poverty and the rights of nature. He is heavily involved in Divest University of Washington, the Gates Foundation Fossil Fuel Divestment campaign and the 350.org Seattle City Employees Retirement System Divestment Campaign. Drawing on his research and advocacy work, he is currently writing a book on the fossil fuel divestment movement and climate justice. He is also on the steering committee of Carbon Washington, a non-profit advocating for a progressive revenue-neutral carbon tax in Washington State.