Nina Schlegel

Nina is a climate justice advocate, researcher, and founder of the Global Center for Climate Justice and Green New Deal Resource Hub. Originally from Switzerland, she has worked for environmental nonprofits both large and small, local & state government, and been a member of international solidarity groups. In Massachusetts, Nina has worked with the Boston Green New Deal Coalition, Boston Climate Action Network, Conservation Law Foundation, the Applied Economics Clinic, Environment America, the MA Department of Transportation, and Boston City Council. She is the author of the 2018 "Climate Justice Boston" report for Boston's City Council, and created the Green New Deal & Just Recovery Plan for the City of Boston. She is currently an assistant editor with the journal of sociology, CNS, and a board member of the Collaborative Community Project. Nina has participated in international conferences, including COP23 and the Climate Displacement Initiative, along with international grassroots climate justice gatherings hosted by War on Want and Friends of the Earth International. Nina is active in numerous climate advocacy coalition spaces from the Coming Clean Network and Climate Advocacy Lab, to Declaration for American Democracy and others. Her research expertise includes: Green New Deal policy, the connection between democracy and climate justice, and urban climate justice. She has lived in Switzerland, Australia, Italy, Canada, and many parts of the United States and unabashedly drops climate resilient policy ideas from around the world - and Star Trek references - during conversations.‍