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Cassandra Yip-Lee

Founder’s Associate & Mission Builder

Capacity Foundation, Switzerland
Founder, Earth School Singapore
NYAA Gold Award Holder (2018 Cohort)

Cassandra Yip-Lee exemplifies the spirit of youth roadmapping and renewable energy sourcing,
leadership and innovation in addressing one of laying the groundwork for corporate sustainability
humanity’s most significant challenges—climate strategies.
change. A dynamic venture builder and passionate
community leader, she has pioneered bold solutions Beyond her professional impact, Cassandra is a civic
that bridge technology, grassroots action, and civic leader deeply committed to empowering youth and
engagement to protect both people and planet. communities. She founded Earth School, a nature-
based education non-profit that delivers experiential
Currently, she is the Founder’s Associate & Mission learning for children. Through her leadership, Earth
Builder at Capacity Foundation - the world’s first non- School secured over S$75,000 in government grants
profit venture studio building dedicated to building and, in partnership with NParks, built a dedicated
tech solutions for biodiversity protection. Cassandra nature classroom that connects young people to
aims to push the frontier of community-led climate Singapore’s biodiversity. Her community leadership
innovation, developing technology with frontline extends to national platforms as an Executive
communities to safeguard nature. Member of the Climate Action Singapore Alliance and
a Council Member of the People’s Association Youth
She was previously at Wavemaker Impact, where Movement, where she champions the integration of
Cassandra co-built three climate-tech ventures youth voices into climate and social policy.
across the Asia–Pacific, targeting 100 million tonnes
of carbon abatement and over US$100 million in Internationally, Cassandra has represented Singapore
revenue. She helped develop ventures in bioenergy at prestigious forums, including the United Nations
in Indonesia, AI-driven demand planning to reduce ECOSOC Youth Forum, the UN ESCAP Regional Youth
apparel waste in Vietnam and India, and agroforestry Forum on SDG7, and the APEC Multi-Stakeholder
systems for drought resilience in Australia. Engaging Forum in San Francisco, amplifying the perspectives
more than 250 industry stakeholders and securing of Asian youth in global climate negotiations.
pilot customers, she demonstrated her ability to
convene diverse actors and translate cutting-edge A graduate of the Bachelor of Environmental
ideas into scalable climate solutions. Studies programme at the National University of
Singapore, Cassandra was also a YSEALI Academic
Her prior contributions at Temasek International and Fellow and Valedictorian of the School of Applied
Accenture supported Singapore’s clean economy Science at Temasek Polytechnic. Her academic and
transition, where she advanced opportunities in professional journey underscores her steadfast belief
sustainable aviation fuels, small modular fusion that youth-led innovation, coupled with strong
concepts, carbon markets, and green infrastructure. community roots, can accelerate the just transition
She also contributed to Merck’s internal net-zero to a sustainable future.

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