Lien Vandamme

Senior Campaigner

Lien Vandamme (she/her) is a Geneva-based Senior Campaigner for CIEL’s Climate & Energy Program. Lien contributes to CIEL’s work on human rights and climate change, in particular, related to loss and damage.

She co-facilitates the Human Rights and Climate Change Working Group, convening civil society organizations, Indigenous Peoples representatives and other experts advocating for the promotion and respect of human rights in climate action, and focuses on the UN climate change regime and the implementation of the Paris Agreement. 

Prior to joining CIEL Lien worked as a policy officer on climate and natural resources for 11.11.11, the Belgian coalition of international solidarity. In that capacity, she executed advocacy campaigns targeting governments and international institutions, coordinated the political work of the Belgian Climate Coalition, and was a member of the Belgian delegation to the UNFCCC.

Lien holds an MSc in Comparative and International Politics from the University of Leuven and an MSc in Climate Studies from Wageningen University. During these studies, she specialized in international climate politics and interned and worked for various NGOs.

Lien may be reached at lvandamme@ciel.org and tweets at: @lienvandamme