Abigail Borah

Student Delegate, SustainUS.org

As a SustainUS youth delegate to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, Abigail Borah felt like she wasn't being heard. This led her to speak out during a panel discussion, interrupting U.S. negotiator Todd Stern in the process, in order to defend her planet's future. Although she was briskly escorted out, her voice continues to be heard. She is a leader in grassroots environmental campaigns and the international youth climate movement.

Borah co-founded Race to Replace Vermont Yankee, a statewide grassroots campaign to empower youth voters to replace Vermont’s aging nuclear plant with a clean energy portfolio.

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Speaking Youth to Power

March 26, 2012
From courtrooms to diplomatic enclaves, youth advocates are clamoring to make their voices heard. Climate Progress dubbed 21-year-old college...