ActNowFilm: Hindou and Nisreen – Loss and Damage
Find out about Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim and Nisreen Elsaim, participants in ActNowFilm: Youth Climate Leaders as Agents of Change
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an Indigenous woman, member of the Mbororo pastoralist people in Chad and President of the Association of Fulani Women and Indigenous Peoples of Chad (AFPAT). She is an advocate for the greater inclusion of indigenous peoples and their knowledge in the multilateral agenda addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation. An initiative on environmental storytelling grants has been named in her honour by Ami Vitale productions.
She received the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award and was appointed as a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Advocate. She serves as Chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues; UN-SDG advocate; Member of the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC); and Member of the Advisory Committee to the Secretary-General’s 2019 Climate Action Summit. In 2019, she was listed by Time Magazine as one of 15 women championing action on climate change.

Nisreen Elsaim
Nisreen Elsaim chairs the Sudan Youth Organization on Climate Change and serves as General Coordinator for Youth and Environment - Sudan (YES). As a UN Secretary General Youth Climate Advisor and One Young World Ambassador 2024, she contributes to international climate dialogues. She has led and mentored young people within the Official Youth Constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (YOUNGO), Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), Abu Dhabi Youth Voices, and others. Currently, she is a fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy and a Re.Generation Leader by The Prince Albert II Foundation.
Originally from Sudan but now based in Germany, Nisreen is now working on the implementation of Loss and Damage finance. In particular, she is keen to find ways to ensure that countries currently in the grips of violence and war are still in receipt of these vital funds.

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