Samintang (she/her), otherwise known as Sammy, is an award-winning storyteller, climate justice leader, and gender-responsive climate policy practitioner who integrates economics, education, and grassroots leadership to advance equitable transitions in Indonesia and beyond. Growing up in Eastern Indonesia, at the heart of one of Indonesia’s major nickel-producing regions, she witnessed firsthand the complex relationship between natural resources, livelihoods, development, and environmental change. Sammy currently serves as the Co-Founder of Semesta Pulse Network, an ecosystem-oriented education platform that bridges evidence, empathy, and empowerment to accelerate inclusive transitions through climate leadership and exchange programs, digital activism, and storytelling.
She is also the Deputy Director of Grantwriting at Climate Cardinals, a global climate education organization focused on making climate action accessible to non-English speakers through large-scale translation and education initiatives. As part of KAICIID’s Dialogue in Action Programme, she is championing the Young Ecology and Faith Action School to accelerate interfaith climate action in Makassar and Jakarta and at the same time implementing Tarbiyah for Climate, an faith-based climate education and action initiative that nurtures ecological knowledge, ethical responsibility, and collective agency among Muslim communities in Indonesia.
Beyond these roles, she is deeply engaged in advancing gender equality through her involvement in the Community of Practice at the Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW), where she represented youth in the localization and implementation of the Belém Gender Action Plan (2026–2034). She later spoke at the 10th Meeting of the 62nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change. She co-designed Faith and Blue Peace for 30×30, an initiative that seeks to transform the global 30×30 conservation target into a shared moral, ethical, and spiritual commitment as part of the 2026 Youth Innovation Challenge, and led youth-focused citizen science in Dubai, UAE, and Makassar, Indonesia.
Sammy currently supports Indonesian government ministries in advancing the development of carbon pricing policies. She also serves as a Young Forest Champion with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and is a Youth4Climate awardee under the Climate, Peace, and Security (CPS) thematic area. Sammy holds a degree in Economics and Business and was recognized as Indonesia’s Most Outstanding Accounting Student by the Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountant. Her recent recognitions and global engagements include the 2026 beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship, KAICIID Dialogue in Action International Fellowship, 2026 Trinity Leadership Fellows, 2026–2027 Obama Foundation Leaders Asia-Pacific, and EE 30 Under 30 Changemaker Grantee, panelist at the Last Mile First: Strengthening Partnerships for a Just, Equitable Energy Transition and Gender-Responsive Climate Action in Asia Regional CSO Workshop, presenter at the EADI/IOB Conference, Delegate at the 30th AFS Youth Assembly, Australia–Indonesia Muslim Exchange Program Fellow, the NAAEE/GEEP/USDA Top 30 Under 30 Environmental Educators Worldwide, Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund, and Delegate of the Global Engagement Summit at Northwestern University.
As a member of the World Ocean Day Youth Advisory Council, she seeks to advance ocean literacy by integrating scientific, faith-based, and Indigenous perspectives, while empowering faith leaders and Indigenous communities as trusted messengers and partners in ocean conservation and stewardship.