Throughout my childhood and adolescence, the concept of climate change terrified me. I knew that the earth I loved so deeply was hurting, degenerating, dying. And there was nothing I could do about it. I felt entirely alone and hopeless, so I decided to do something about it.
In 2019, I started the UK youth climate strikes. What followed was greater than I could ever have imagined: a city of earth warriors, streets upon streets full to the brim with like-minded individuals. During this time, I also founded UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN), an organisation that connected thousands of student activists across the UK to collaborate on collective action. I am an experienced public speaker and have contributed to high-profile events, working alongside Paul McCartney, Benedict Cumberbatch, Noel Fielding, Thom Yorke, Tom Odell and Loyle Carner. More recently I have focused on mountain activism and community resilience. All of the engagement on this page occurred under the name Anna Taylor. |
PUBLIC SPEAKING |
I have spoken widely on climate justice, collective resilience and the need for nature education in a variety of formats.
Examples of events I have spoken at:
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MEDIA
Videos and Documentaries
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WRITTEN INTERVIEWS
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Delegation
I have attended several conferences at national and international levels as a delegate for various climate justice groups and movements. Some examples include:
- UK Parliament, 23 April 2019
- Delegate for UK Student Climate Network at the first all-party roundtable on climate change in a decade.
- EU Parliament (Strasbourg), 12 - 13 March 2019
- UK delegate to discuss transnational climate policies with MEPs.
- Wellcome Trust and UNDP 'Temperature Check: on Health and Climate' conference, 1 - 3 July 2019
- UK youth delegate for a conference on the relationship between climate change and global health.
- University of Lausanne, 4 - 10 August 2019
- UK youth strikes delegate at the SMILE climate summit.
Campaigns
As discussed above, the UK youth climate strikes were my central campaign for several years.
Other campaigns that I have been involved in include:
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