Marie-Claire Graf

Marie-Claire Graf (she/her) is an environmental justice advocate and activist, former Swiss climate negotiator and co-founder of the Youth Negotiators Academy (YNA), where she serves as Director of Programmes.It’s her aspiration to enable intergenerational leadership by supporting young people to be meaningfully, impactfully and effectively engaged in policy, diplomacy and decision-making processes to create a momentum for systemic change. She was initiating and is leading several associations and movements on the intersections of climate action (e.g. Youth Constituency YOUNGO of UN Climate Change, Swiss Youth for Climate, UNESCO Youth Climate Action Network (YoU-CAN)), youth and women representation (e.g. World Future Council, Global Shapers by World Economic Forum), food systems transformation (e.g. Real Food Systems, UN Food Systems Summit) and education (e.g. Sustainability Week Switzerland and International). She studied environmental and political sciences in Zurich, Switzerland (ETH and University). She loves to be connected with the vastness and abundance of nature as a passionate sailor, hiker, swimmer, diver and skier.