Dominique Palmer

Climate Justice Activist, Speaker, Storyteller, Writer, and advocate of slow fashion based in the U.K. She is part of Climate Live, global youth-led concerts harnessing the power of music to engage, educate and empower, on the Steering Committee for the Youth Climate Justice Fund- the first global youth led climate fund, an activist for #StopRosebank, and writes on intersectional climate action.

She also harnesses the creative power of the arts to communicate climate issues, and finding joy through uniting. She became an environmentalist after discovering how air pollution was impacting her community, and started her journey in climate action. The same year she was involved in organising the September 2019 climate strikes which brought 300,000 people on the streets in the U.K, and inspiring people across the world to take climate action.

She has spoken on world stages about Climate Justice, her activism, and inspiring hope and action at events such as UN Climate Change Conference COP26, the New York Times Hub, the UN Women CWS66 Youth Forum,at COP25 with the Indigenous Pavillion, Leeds International Festival of Ideas, and TEDxCountdown with Climate Reality. She has spoken alongside Emma Watson, Malala, Billie Eilish, Greta Thunberg, Mary Robinson, Naomi Klein, Simon Kofe, Vanessa Nakate, and more.

In 2023, Palmer was honoured as a ‘Young Leader’ at the Green Carpet Fashion Awards, and is a winner of the prestigious ‘Planetary Health Award.’ And she was named in Forbes 2020 Top U.K Environmentalists List for her work, and has featured in Guardian film “Whose Job is it To Save the Planet?” , British Vogue, DAZED, the Sunday Times Style, New York Times, Refinery29, BBC Stylist, National Geographic, and the Guardian Weekend.

She pushes for equitable climate action, and pressures leaders to act, and is a recent graduate from the University of Birmingham with a BA in Political Science and International Relations.