Tori Tsui

Tori Tsui
Born (1994-10-25) October 25, 1994
Occupations
  • Climate activist
  • writer
WebsiteOfficial website

Tori Tsui (born 25 October 1994) is a New Zealand-born climate activist, author, artist and model based in England. She is known for her advocacy on climate justice, mental health and youth participation in environmental movements.

Tsui has campaigned against fossil fuel expansion and has represented youth activists at United Nations climate conferences. In 2023, she authored It's Not Just You, a book exploring the relationship between mental health and climate change.

Early life and education

Tsui was born in Auckland, New Zealand and was raised in Hong Kong.[1] She initially pursued medicine at the University of Oxford before switching to natural sciences.[1] She graduated in 2015 with a master of research in ecology, evolution and conservation from Imperial College London with the intention of completing a PhD.[2]

After deferring further studies, she moved to Bristol to work in the natural history documentary industry.[3] During this time, Tsui was scouted to be a presenter, but left wildlife filmmaking after working on BBC Two's Springwatch.[1]

Activism

Tsui was involved in Extinction Rebellion and created films on the biodiversity crisis. She was scouted at a protest by Stella McCartney's creative director who invited Tsui to model in the McCartney fashion campaign, 'Agents of Change', which also featured Jane Goodall, Amber Valletta and Jonathan Safran Foer.[4]

Tsui at the 2024 New Energy summit in Lisbon, Portugal

McCartney subsequently sponsored Tsui to sail across the Atlantic to COP25 as part of 'Sail to the COP', a think tank initiative supporting 36 young people to attend the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Santiago. Due to civil unrest in Chile, the summit was relocated to Madrid. While in Martinique, the delegates worked remotely on COP25 before their ship finally docked in Cartagena.[3]

Whilst in Colombia, Tsui spent four months facilitating a project called 'Sail for Climate Action'. Its purpose was to bring Latin American, Indigenous and Caribbean youth activists to attend the 52nd session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB52) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn.[5] The project was later rebranded as 'Unite for Climate Action', and was supported by the German Government in 2020.[6]

In 2021, Tsui launched the 'Pass the Mic' initiative with Dominique Palmer, Elijah McKenzie-Jackson and others as a way to draw greater attention to the climate crisis. The campaign was focused on targeting brands, public figures and organisations to spotlight frontline climate activists and communities affected by climate change.[7] It was started in response to David Attenborough's office retiring his Instagram account of 6.2 million followers.[8]

Tsui has also supported the "Stop Cambo" campaign against North Sea oil and gas expansion, including leading a protest against Dutch businessman Ben Van Beurden at the 2021 TED Countdown summit in Edinburgh.

Later that year, she attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.[9] Emma Watson invited Tsui to participate in a New York Times COP26 Hub event alongside Amanda Gorman, Malala Yousafzai, Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate, Dominique Palmer, Mya-Rose Craig, Daphne Frias and Ati Viviam Villafaña.[10]

Tsui was featured in British Vogue as part of the Women 25 cohort featuring RAYE, Jodie Comer, Cora Corre and Lila Moss. She has also won awards and been featured in Elle Magazine and Cosmopolitan Magazine and received the Tenacious Award for her campaigning.

As a collaborator of Billie Eilish, in January 2023 Tsui was invited to appear on the digital front cover of Vogue with Eilish, Quannah Chasinghorse, Xiye Bastida, Isaias Hernandez, Nalleli Cobo, Wawa Gatheru, Maya Penn and Ryan Berberet.[11]

Tsui, Dominique Palmer and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (2025)
Tsui, Dominique Palmer and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (2025)

Tsui works on the "Stop Rosebank" coalition as partnerships consultant.[12] In January 2025, the campaign won their court case against Ithaca Energy and Equinor.[13] Tsui also works as the climate justice lead on Brian Eno's organisation 'EarthPercent',[14] and has been linked to both In Place of War's 'Earth Sonic' initiative and Climate Live.[15]

She is a senior adviser to the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. She spearheaded a Treaty endorsement from Andy Burnham and Massive Attack, involving a public stunt on top of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, and subsequently spoke on stage at Massive Attack's show at the Co-op Live Arena. Tsui also worked on an Artist's endorsement letter featuring Brian Eno, Robert Smith, Jameela Jamil and Jane Fonda. [16] She is an ambassador for Zero Hour.[17][18] In that role, she has campaigned for environmental law reform, including the Climate and Nature Bill.[19][20][21]

Tsui has spoken at events hosted by UNICEF, Oxfam, TEDxLondon, SXSW, Glastonbury Festival, Columbia University and Global Citizen where she spoke at the G20 on the need for a Fossil Fuel Treaty.[22]

Publications

Tori Tsui (2022)
Tsui (2022)

Tsui released her debut book in 2023, It's Not Just You: How to Navigate Eco-Anxiety and the Climate Crisis. The book examines eco-anxiety and the mental health impacts of the climate crisis, arguing for collective approaches to care and action.[23]

The book was shortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation[24] and was recommended by Waterstones as a "Best Book" in 2023 (on popular science).[25] In April 2026, It's Not Just You was released in the USA through The New Press.[26]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ng, Chanel. "Tori Tsui: An Intersectional Approach to the Climate Crisis". Asian Environmental Youth Network. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  2. ↑ "Sail to the COP Participants". www.sailtothecop.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  3. 1 2 "Life As I Know It: Sail for Climate Action's Tori Tsui". Eco-Age. 2020-02-21. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  4. ↑ "Agents of Change: Stella McCartney's new FW/19 campaign". latestmagazine. 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  5. ↑ "Mental Health & Climate Activist Tori Tsui". Activist Skincare. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  6. ↑ "Tori Tsui on being a climate activist". besea.n. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  7. ↑ Coldwell, Will; Chaddah, Kimi (2021-10-30). "Beyond Extinction Rebellion: the protest groups fighting on the climate frontline". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  8. ↑ Chan, Emily (2021-01-16). "7 Inspiring Young Activists Working To Save The Planet". British Vogue. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
  9. ↑ Wan, Jess (2022-03-04). "In Conversation With Tori Tsui, Intersectional Climate Justice Activist and Co-Founder of 'Bad Activist Collective'". Shades Of Noir. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  10. ↑ Chan, Emily (2021-11-05). "Emma Watson Is Back Being A Book Fairy For Cop26". Vogue. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  11. ↑ Wang, Jen (2023-01-04). "Billie Eilish on Climate Activism and Radical Hope". Vogue. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  12. ↑ "The Herds". The Herds. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  13. ↑ Dunstone, Juliet (2025-01-30). "Victory in court for Stop Rosebank campaign!". Curious Earth. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  14. ↑ Pascoe., Phoebe (2024-09-02). "Tori Tsui is Checking In on Climate Conversations". Mission. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  15. ↑ "Mental health as a climate justice issue with Tori Tsui & Hannah Hunt". NSUN website. 2026-05-27. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
  16. ↑ "The international treaty to end fossil fuels, with Tori Tsui | New Internationalist". newint.org. 2026-04-20. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
  17. ↑ "Supporting Ambassadors". Zero Hour. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
  18. ↑ "Labour's plan for the climate crisis: The good, the bad and the glaringly absent". Big Issue. 2024-06-14. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
  19. ↑ "Shifting the balance of power". The Ecologist. 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
  20. ↑ "Youth campaigners urge Prime Minister to back climate and nature Bill". The Independent. 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
  21. ↑ "MPs in climate and nature rebellion". The Ecologist. 2025-01-24. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
  22. ↑ "Media & Press". Tori Tsui. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
  23. ↑ Shadijanova, Diyora (4 January 2023). "Tori Tsui Is Changing the Conversation Around Mental Health and the Climate Crisis". Vogue. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  24. ↑ "Celebrating a new wave of Wainwright Prize winning authors". www.wildlifetrusts.org. 2024-09-18. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  25. ↑ Skinner, Mark (18 October 2023). "The Best Books of 2023: Popular Science". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  26. ↑ Tsui, Tori (2026-04-03). "Navigating Eco-Anxiety and the Climate Crisis". CounterPunch.org. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
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