Roni Zahavi-Brunner
Climate Disinformation Media Fellow 2025, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Washington, DC
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Roni Zahavi-Brunner is a Brooklyn-based climate justice activist and co-founder of Planet Over Profit, an organization mobilizing hundreds of young people to rise against the fossil fuel industry and its billionaire profiteers. She has led and supported local and national campaigns that have secured major wins, including pushing New York City’s public pensions to divest from private equity firms backing oil and gas pipelines. Roni recently earned a master’s degree in International Affairs from The New School, where she focused on conflict and security studies. During her time there, she contributed to the Stimson Center’s flagship policy report on global climate governance and received the Aronson Fellowship to write on youth climate activism. She is passionate about bridging grassroots climate organizing with rigorous research and journalism, with the goal of combating disinformation and equipping communities to fight for a livable future.