Ali is a zeitgeist tracker, creative producer, campaigner and communications strategist, with a formative background as a mental health nurse. She has built climate movements in the NHS (Psych Declares) and in the Royal College of Psychiatrists (having catalysed new positions on the climate crisis working within). Her philosophy is deeply embedded in person-focused community building, and as such her trusted network covers a wide range of other stakeholders in environmental breakdown, ranging over business, health, youth, global majority communities, creative industries, academia and politics.

Clara is a sustainability scientist and campaigner. Her background is in interdisciplinary studies in Global Governance (Tor Vergata University of Rome) and in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (Lund University). She has worked in academia as a teaching assistant and conducted action-oriented research within the Climate Land Ambition and Rights Alliance (CLARA). She supports the latter in its PeoplesNDC project, which empowers civil and indigenous groups to understand the process of Nationally Determined Contributions and get involved in national climate change response plans. Clara manages F4F's teaching projects and campaigns.

David is a climate justice activist and researcher at Humboldt Uni/Centre Marc-Bloch Berlin. His work addresses multigenerational global climate justice activism, political and educational change for sustainability, and the role of science and universities in this transformation. As a former senior lecturer at Stockholm University (2017-2022), he developed a series of new university courses about democracy, education, sustainability, youth and children's rights, and theory of science, using creative teaching methods such as drama. He has, since the beginning of the Fridays For Future strikes in 2018, linked the youth climate movement to the science community, and has written a book about his work with Scientists for Future and the new climate movements.

Iulia is a social anthropologist and has worked at the intersection of research and policy in Singapore. She specialised in postcolonial and comparative Asian studies (School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS, University of London) and has brought together academics, diplomats and human rights experts in collaborative projects that produced policy recommendations for 51 governments in Asia and Europe. Iulia manages Research for a future and F4F's Connect with peers projects.

James is Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter where he leads the MSc in Global Sustainability Solutions. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a member of the European Geosciences Union, and serves on the editorial board of the journal Earth System Dynamics. James is also an experienced science communicator – a columnist for the i Paper, as well as a contributor to The Guardian, Independent, and other international media outlets.

Jordan completed his award-winning PhD at 24 before transitioning to journalism, publishing in Time, DeSmog, the Daily Mail, Slate, and Yahoo News. He later became Environment Editor at The Conversation UK, working with academics across the country to produce accessible expert lowdowns on the latest environmental research and current events. He is Director of Faculty for a Future.

Josephine is an editor and communications expert. Her background is in journalism. She spent eight years at news and analysis site The Conversation, most recently as Investigations Editor, where she collaborated with academics to produce engaging, cutting-edge and accessible content about complex issues. While she was there she set up Insights – a long-form section built around showcasing big picture and interdisciplinary thinking. She has ​​an MA in English Literature and an MSc in Science, Technology and Society. Josephine manages F4F’s website, brand, user experience and content delivery, as well as leading on all communications projects.

Wolfgang has three decades of experience in climate science including atmospheric processes, development of models of climate change impacts and contribution to IPCC reports. He has been a group leader at the Max-Planck Institutes for Meteorology and Biogeochemistry (1999-2004), an expert advisor for the European Commission (2003-2004) and Deputy Leader of a major climate research programme of the UK Natural Environment Research Council (2005-2010). He left academia in 2020 to engage in shifting the narrative around climate and ecological breakdown.