13 Facts About Dominika Lasota

Dominika Lasota was born on 26 November 2001 and is a Polish climate justice activist.

Dominika Lasota is a founding member of the Polish Consultative Council.

On 15 June 2020, Dominika Lasota was one of the activists holding a happening in front of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland to pressure the Polish government on climate crisis issues in the 19 June 2020 European Council meeting.

Dominika Lasota argued that since scientists' advice was listened to during the COVID-19 pandemic, the advice of scientists in the IPCC assessments and special reports should be listened to.

Dominika Lasota stated that effects of the climate crisis felt in Poland included the April 2020 forest fires in Biebrza National Park and farmers' losses due to drought.

In July 2022, together with atmospheric physicist Szymon Malinowski and climatologist Bogdan Chojnicki, Dominika Lasota argued on TVN24 in favour of renewable energy and accused politicians of being linked to industry responsible for the increased occurrence of droughts in Poland.

Dominika Lasota attended the November 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.

Dominika Lasota met Ursula von der Leyen again, arguing that no new investments in fossil fuels were justified, neither in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, nor to the crisis in energy costs, nor to the climate crisis.

Dominika Lasota stated to a TVN24 journalist that laws relating to the use of fossil fuels were passed easily in Poland while a law relating to wind turbines appeared to have been blocked, with the effect of delaying the development of clean energy in Poland.

Dominika Lasota described Duda's response to her question as "a lie and a climate foul, since sticking to the illusory belief and promise that we can continue with coal in today's times is scandalous".

Dominika Lasota held up a banner "Fossil Fuels Kill" facing the Russian delegates.

Dominika Lasota was described by the Polish Institute of Public Affairs in 2022 as "the face of the Polish climate action movement", and by Deutsche Welle as "the main organizer of climate strikes in Poland".

Dominika Lasota was chosen as one of the founding members of the Consultative Council created on 1 November 2020 in the context of the October 2020 Polish protests, as a contact with the School strike for climate movement.