Author: Vedika Mandapati

Vedika Mandapati is a policy analyst with Global Choices working to draft the text of a moratorium on exploitative activity in the Central Arctic Ocean. She has represented Global Choices at the Arctic Circle Assembly in 2023 and looks forward to helping achieve our key policy initiatives. She is currently finishing her final year in international relations at the University of Cambridge. She’s a passionate climate justice activist, and for the past two years has focused her energies on removing Big Oil’s influence from climate research. As an organiser with Cambridge Climate Justice and the Campus Climate Network, she has helped make inroads for “Fossil Free Research” at the University.

Global Choices Advocates For the Arctic at UNOC 2025

Global Choices continued its advocacy for the often-forgotten frozen ocean at the UN Oceans Conference (UNOC) in Nice earlier this month. It was a powerful moment—not only to elevate the importance of the cryosphere in ocean dialogues, but also to witness the growing global momentum to protect our shared blue planet. The headline achievement of […]

University of Cambridge Halts New Partnerships With Fossil Fuel Companies

The University of Cambridge has at last made moves to pause its toxic relationship with the fossil fuel industry, announcing a moratorium on all new funded partnerships with Big Oil in late March 2024. The move comes after two years of direct campaigning from students, academics and community members for “ Fossil Free Research” and […]