Co-founder and Executive Director
Earth Refuge
Yumna Kamel is founding Executive Director of Earth Refuge, the first legal think tank focused on climate displacement. She is a leading voice on climate mobility and legal innovation, with a track record of building some of the field’s most ambitious public-facing initiatives. At Earth Refuge, she has launched flagship legal education workshops, hosted the first conference on international protection and the climate crisis, and co-developed the Climate Mobility Case Database. She is also co-founder of the upcoming Climate Mobility and Legal Innovation Programme (CLIP). Previously, she was Senior Legal Education Officer at Right to Remain. Yumna holds an LLM from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she received the Public Interest Fellowship, and an LLB from Queen Mary University of London.