Nisreen Elsaim is an environmental and climate activist who started activism in 2012, with a Bachelor’s degree in physics and a master’s degree in renewable energy from the University of Khartoum, Sudan. She also is the general coordinator for the Youth and Environment – Sudan (YES) platform to give all youth working in the environmental field the networking they need. Furthermore, Nisreen Elsaim was the Chair and a Co-founder of the Sudan Youth Organization on Climate Change (SYOCC) until 2021. As part of many regional and international platforms, she led and mentored a large number of young people within YOUNGO, PACJA, Abu Dhabi youth Voices, and others.

Nisreen Elsaim is also a junior negotiator with the African Group of Negotiators in technology transfer focusing on the policies of countries regarding climate change and renewable energies. She wrote several policy papers in climate change, renewable energy, gender and youth empowerment. In 2020, Nisreen Elsaim was chosen to chair the UN Secretary General youth adviser on climate change along with six other young climate activists. Recently, she was selected for the Young African Leaders Programme (YALP) for transitional governance at the European University.