Expanding space for youth's meaningful climate action
Saumya Surbhi began her volunteering as an Online Volunteer in India with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangkok Regional Hub (BRH). She supported the research tools for youth environmental human rights defenders and climate activists. Since February 2022, she has transitioned to an onsite UN Volunteer assignment as Youth Environmental Human Rights Defenders Protection Coordinator with UNDP-BRH.
With a graduate degree in Development Studies and previous experience in human rights, Saumya contributes her skills to causes around climate justice. As an Online Volunteer, her day-to-day work was a horizon-scoping exercise on existing tools for environmental human rights defenders and climate activists. This involved researching different tools and classifying them on the basis of their typology based and target areas.