Samia Dumbuya

Samia Dumbuya is a climate justice advocate who focuses on upskilling and educating young people and marginalised communities in the UK to be active climate changemakers. She is the founder of The People’s Ark, a new project that focuses on creating intergenerational and intercultural spaces for communities to develop green skills. They also founded the Black Ecofeminist Network, a network focusing on resourcing racialised communities to be green leaders in their communities.

They are currently studying MSc Sustainable Resources: Economics, Policy and Transitions at UCL, researching methods to build equitable and decolonial pathways towards sustainable development for all. Samia is a Trustee for Rethinking Economics and, Youth Advisory Board member for Force of Nature.

Samia’s clients have included: Complicité Theatre company, Oxford University, Samsung, The Natural History Museum, Friends of the Earth Europe, local London authorities and similar organisations using workshops as a vehicle to connect people to green pathways.

Their experience has led them to become the Head Youth Delegate for COP29 on behalf of the Future Leaders Network, representing young people across the UK, bringing their voices to the global stage. Samia is a BeVisioneers Fellow, a programme run by The Do School in Berlin, supported by Mercedes-Benz which incubated The People’s Ark.

Samia uses community engagement as a tool to create space for people to imagine climate-just futures for all and take community-led action.