Abigail Borah is an American environmental activist who interrupted Todd Stern at the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference[1][2] and who co-founded Race to Replace Vermont Yankee.
Borah grew up near Princeton and attended Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart.[3]
Borah studied at Middlebury College[1] where she majored in Conservation Biology.[4] While studying, she joined SustainUS, who sent her to the 2010 United Nations Climate Change ConferenceinCancun (also known as COP-16.)[3]
In 2011, when she was 21 years old,[5][6] Borah interrupted US negotiator Todd Stern at the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-17) in Durban[3] to say:
“I am speaking on behalf of the United States of America because my negotiators cannot. I am scared for my future. 2020 is too late to wait.”[1][7]
Borah was met with applause from the audience[8][6] and had her credentials allowing her to attend the conference removed by guards.[5] Stern later conceded that he agreed with her points.[1] She was later dubbed as the "Durban Climate Hero" by Climate Progress.[9]
Borah is the co-founder of Race to Replace Vermont Yankee, a campaign that aims to replace nuclear power in Vermont with clean energy.[10][11]
