Who We Are
We are a diverse, international team of around 100 young volunteers with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. We are united by a belief in climate solutions, through policy reform as well as individual and collective action. Through enabling a deep understanding of climate policy, we want to amplify young people’s voices and spark positive change around the world!
Our Leadership Team
Emma Heiling
CEO & Founder
Emma is currently doing her Master’s in Environmental Policy at the university of Sciences Po in Paris. She has a bachelor’s degree in Land Economy (Environment, Law and Economics) from the University of Cambridge and founded ClimaTalk at the end of her final year in June 2020. She is also very passionate about animal rights and a big vegan foodie.
Georgia Fulton
COO & Editor-in-Chief
Georgia researches and teaches at the University of Geneva, having studied English literature at Cambridge and Durham. She is Editor-in-Chief at ClimaTalk. Currently she can be found in the mountains around Geneva when not in the library!
Kendra Williams
Public Relations Team Lead
Kendra is in her second year studying English and History at the University of York, and is very passionate about sustainability and environment protection. She is specifically interested in how people can communicate the environmental message and help it reach a wider audience, something she is excited to do in her role at ClimaTalk.
Afef Abdelli
Design Team Lead
Afef has a master’s degree in Human Resources and Management. Recently, she obtained a certificate in reporter photography. She is passionate about taking photos, also interested in sustainable human development, and climate change. She cares about the environment and future generation. That’s why she believes that taking care of the environment now helps to preserve it for tomorrow. She loves languages and exploring new places.
Ananya Sharma
Website Team Lead
Ananya is a student at Putney High school in London, and is currently studying for her A levels in Geography, History and Psychology, and is looking to study Geography at university. She has also undertaken an EPQ (extended project qualification) on Climate Repair. Her experience at COP26 and the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge has sparked her passion for raising climate awareness among young people and advocating the importance of sustainability.
James-Joseph De Costa
Climate Internships Project Lead
J-J is a third year Physics student at the University of Oxford who is incredibly passionate about the environment and its protection. His main areas of interest are clean energy generation and storage and the preservation of biodiversity.
By working at Climatalk in the Climate Action and Careers department he aims to help make climate science more accessible and educate a wide audience about the importance of preserving our natural world, and how to get involved.
Irene Domínguez Pérez
Careers Project Lead
Irene is a Industrial Engineering graduate by the Technical University of Madrid, currently finishing her Double Degree Master in Electromechanical Engineering in the Brussels Faculty of Engineering. Her growing concern for sustainability issues led her to analyse the environmental impact of power generation in her Bachelor thesis. She’s also an alumna of the EIT Climate-KIC Journey 2020 and looks forward to working in tackling environmental challenges.
Maria Constantinescu
EU Policy Project Lead
Maria is working as Sustainability Specialist in the private sector, based in Belgium, after studying and volunteering in Romania, Czech Republic, Morocco and Portugal. Her mission of empowering youth for climate action has been highlighted in the past years as she represented Romania as the Youth4Climate delegate, COP26 delegate, and International Conferences for Youth related to the SDGs agenda. With her studies she specialized in Global Governance and EU Integration, which is one of the reasons why Maria is co-leading the EU Policy Team at ClimaTalk.
Alexandra Nikolin
Research Team Lead
Alexandra is a 3rd year Natural Sciences student at Cambridge, specialising in conservation science and applied ecology. Throughout her time at Cambridge she has been the Green Officer and Ethical Affairs Executive for Fitzwilliam College, as well as being an active member of Cambridge University Environmental Consulting Society. In September, Alexandra plans to start her MSc in Global Environmental Change and Policy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In addition to policy, Alexandra is especially interested in the role biodiversity plays in the climate crisis.
Julia Gaus
Editing Team Lead
Julia is a young professional in development cooperation focusing on sustainable urban development and climate finance. She holds a masters degree in climate change, development and policy from the University of Sussex and an undergraduate degree in international relations. At ClimaTalk she is currently serving as Co-Lead of the Editing Team as well as Commissioning Editor. In her free time she is passionate about exercising outdoors and sustainable living.
Isabel Siggers
Editing Team Lead
Isabel is a 4th year Earth Sciences student at the University at Cambridge, with a focus on Geophysics. Originally from the United States, she is interested in how scientific research drives innovation in carbon capture and sequestration projects, and how these innovations are fostered by economics and policy.