Amanda Nogueira Moreira de Souza is a Master of International Affairs candidate at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy, specializing in International Environmental Governance. She has experience in international environmental policy and energy governance through research, multilateral engagement, and youth leadership initiatives. Amanda was selected as one of five global participants in the Youth Energy Narratives Council, where she researched youth perspectives on the energy transition across Latin America and presented her work at both the Student Energy Summit and COP28 in Dubai. She also served as the sole representative of Brazilian youth at the sixth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6), where she contributed to negotiations on a climate justice resolution. During the summer of 2026, she is a Research Intern at the Institute of the Americas, where she focuses on the geopolitics of oil exploration in Brazil’s Equatorial Margin and its implications for energy security, environmental governance, and regional development. Amanda hopes to build a career advancing evidence-based energy and environmental policy across Latin America.
