Mayumi Sato

Mayumi Sato is a PhD student and Gates Cambridge scholar at the University of Cambridge, climate researcher, and founder and director of SustainED. She has several years of work experience with climate-vulnerable groups, including Syrian refugees in Canada, Indigenous hill tribes in Thailand, and timber processing enterprises in Laos, and has worked on Ministerial-level climate policy discussions on reforestation, illegal logging, and gender equity. She has been awarded by the UN, Peace First, and Audi Environmental Foundation, among others, for her advocacy on environmental, social, gender, and racial justice, and has represented Japan and spoken at international conferences such as the APEC, UN Youth Climate Summit, GLF Bonn, and COPs. She is a UN Women 30 for 2030 network member and a National Geographic Explorer.