Robin Happel is a joint J.D. student with the Yale School of the Environment and the Elisabeth Haub School of Law. She has previously worked with the Carnegie Council, the UN Environment Programme's Major Group of Children and Youth, the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, the Yale Law, Ethics & Animals Program, and many other environmental NGOs and non-profits.

Before attending Yale, she served as a Global Goals Ambassador for Climate Action for the UN Association and has written for Ethics & International Affairs, The Nation, and a variety of other outlets.