Abigail Borah

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.

[4] While studying, she joined SustainUS, who sent her to the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun (also known as COP-16.

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.

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.