Rochelle Newbold

Rochelle Newbold is the Director of the Climate Change and Environmental Advisory Unit in The Bahamas. She is a prominent advocate for climate justice, emphasizing the unique vulnerabilities faced by small island states due to climate change. Newbold played a key role in responding to the recent International Court of Justice ruling, which recognized the human rights implications of environmental degradation and established legal obligations for industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.