Abigail Borah

Middlebury College

Abigail Borah

I'm a 21-year-old junior at Middlebury College studying conservation biology and international climate policy. I've been involved in both grassroots environmental campaigns as well as the international youth climate movement. I am a SustainUS delegate to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. As a campus climate organizer, I co-founded "Race to Replace Vermont Yankee," a campaign to empower youth participation in the political process by raising the salience of clean energy issues in Vermont. Feel free to contact me at abigail.borah@sustainus.org or @abigailborah.

Articles by Abigail Borah

Abigail Borah SOTU- Climate Change We Can Believe In January 19, 2012 When President Obama stops talking about climate change, people stop caring about climate change. Citizens stop believing in climate change. It’s a vicious cycle. So go ahead, Mr. President. Break the silence. Be a leader.
Abigail Borah Why I Stood Up and Spoke Out December 14, 2011 As I spoke, the senior economic advisor to Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources rebuked, “No one is listening to you." But what came next, remarkably, was that people listened. Our voices were being heard. But were they loud enough to make the difference?