Draft:Benedicta Jeanne Louise Nathania

Benedicta Jeanne Louise Nathania is a youth advocate, sequence director, stage actress, and businesswoman from Indonesia. She has a proven track record in education, being a mentor of a mentorship program for young people where she emphasized wellness and well-being using her skills in arts and writing.

She holds membership and roles in multiple climate and climate-related organizations such as UN1FY, IWRA, Global Youth Coalition, UNDP YECAP, and Water and Climate Coalition. To add to her list of works in education and climate, besides working for Climate Education Coalition, she also actively works for UNFCCC YOUNGO in its Adaptation Academy as the Coordinator and the Head of Communication Department. There, she leads the production of the publication materials and facilitates the training sessions for the members of the Academy and young people. She recently also served as a member of the consultancy group in Environmental Governance for #GlobalFuturesForum (#GFF) 2023 and is a staff member of the Greening Education Partnership at UNESCO.

Benedicta has also been largely active in diplomatic work where she served as the Delegate in over 90 international conferences and Summits (such as the 2022 EU-ASEAN Youth Summit) related to global issues and youth participation, especially concerning SDG 17. In her work, she emphasizes the interconnection of SDGs especially between SDG17 and SDG13 (Climate Action).

Recently, Benedicta was a part of a theatrical production by The Red Curtain International from India called “Invisible Marks” which aims to promote Net Zero awareness and transform the world through theatre.