SustainUS COP 27 Delegate Members

This year a group of seven amazing activists are taking on COP27 with a community building, storytelling driven narrative. This delegation includes youth from different parts of the states and the world as this year we have intertwined international youth not just within our demands but in our collaborative process. Many being their first time at a COP, this experience is allowing them to share their stories, connect with the work and activists internationally, hold space for their communities to feel seen on a global level, and share the radical hope that drives why they do this important but emotionally intense work.

See delegate leaders here.

Tyjana Connolly

Pronouns: She/Her

Location: Canada

Tyjana Connolly is a recent graduate in Political Science with a minor in Law & Society. She will be pursuing a Master of Science in Sustainable Development in Fall 2023. She is Co-Founder of Black Eco Bloom, a non-profit that focuses on intersectional environmentalism, climate change in Black communities and helping Black women enter the environmental sector. She is also a Campaign Organizer at PSAC, focusing on Black workers rights advocacy & Community Liaison at United Nations Association of Canada. She attended COP26 in Glasgow in 2021, with the Canadian Coalition for Environmental & Climate Justice, to raise awareness on environmental racism in Canada & speak with Canadian politicians on Bill C-230. She is super excited to join such a wonderful and supportive delegation to learn from, contribute to and build community around while in Egypt this year! 

 Big Wind is a Two Spirit member of the Northern Arapaho tribe from the Wind River Reservation. At a young age, Big Wind recognized many injustices and degrees of oppression within their community. They became involved in youth and climate leadership at the age of 13 when they learned of environmental injustice happening near their home. Since then, they have worked on numerous campaigns throughout “Indian Country” including DAPL, TGP, & Line 3. They are currently the Indigenous Stewardship Associate for the Indigenous Land Alliance of Wyoming. Follow them on IG @bigwindriver &@indigenouslandalliance

Angela Zhong is a first-generation Asian-American Harvard sophomore. She is studying economics with a secondary in environmental science public policy and a citation in Mandarin. Hailing from Houston, Angela has felt the impacts of natural disasters and climate change first-hand. Though she is currently on a gap year, she previously served as her school’s first-ever Minister for Climate and Sustainability on the Undergraduate Council Executive Cabinet. Angela is passionate about youth climate advocacy and was fortunate enough to represent youth at US Institute of Peace Conference, Rotary World Peace Conference, ECOSOC Youth Conference, EarthX 2022, Stockholm+50, C40 Cities Summit, and many more. She recently finished serving as an intern for the UN Capital Development Fund and enjoys figure skating in her free time. Learn more about her at: angelazhong.com 

Bruno is the founder and leader of Youth for Climate Argentina (Jóvenes por el Clima Argentina) – the Argentinian representation of youth leading movement Fridays For Future. He is the author of the climate emergency declaration bill that was passed in the Argentinian Senate in 2019, and helped to organise some of the largest rallies and protests in Latin America. 

He works in the legislative power for a non-partisan organism that helps public servants with economic, social and climate policy materials. Bruno has a profound technical experience in research strategies. (Legislative Observatory for The Integral Human Development Plan).

He’s an advanced political science student at the University of Buenos Aires, young advisor in the decarbonisation policy team of the platform “Democracy 40” in Think Tank CIPPEC. Bruno was part of the New York Times Generation Climate Initiative 2021 where he was selected as speaker in the New York Times Climate Hub.  

He has participated in the first Youth Climate Summit (NYC, 2019) and in COP26 (GLASGOW, 2021) where was able to build institutional bridges between youth climate justice leaders, and funders that support their work.