Aqsa Mengal

Aqsa is a Master of Environmental Management candidate at Yale School of the Environment specializing in People & Equity, and Climate Change Science & Solutions. Her focus areas include grassroots climate adaptation and resilience practices in South Asia, and international policy on climate reparations. Prior to joining YSE, she worked on climate adaptation and water policy at the federal Ministry of Climate Change in Pakistan and at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in the United States. She holds a BSc in Anthropology and Sociology from Lahore University of Management Sciences. Aqsa joined the YCEJ as an Environmental Justice Community Fellow in order to help augment the landscape of environmental justice work in Connecticut and the broader Northeast US, and to assist with developing resources and tools that can benefit the region’s environmental justice communities.