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About Muskaan Kemani
Muskaan is an International Relations and Earth and Environmental Science graduate who is engaged with two organizations located in Curacao, Amigu di Tera and Kolektivo. Muskaan helps these organizations elevate environment and climate issues on the island through a variety of activities including grassroots organization, annual conference planning and submitting impact grants. She has been working on helping elevate the capacity of these projects through her research expertise, finding grants to continue to fund these projects, and building a global community between Curacao and the United States. Muskaan is eager to learn how to implement climate justice for the Caribbean, and promote climate action on the global stage. With her lessons learnt from COP28, she hopes to work towards building up climate justice in her home country of Curacao, focusing specifically on the impacts of climate change and health on minority communities.