Ilyess El Kortbi

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Iyless El Kortbi (sitting on the right) at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany IISD ENB UNFCCC SB56 16June22 KiaraWorth-108.jpg
Iyless El Kortbi (sitting on the right) at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany

Ilyess El Kortbi is a Ukrainian climate activist. [1] [2] He has protested the climate crisis and the Russo-Ukrainian War. [3]

Early life and career

El Kortbi grew up in Ukraine and Morocco. [4] He is a founding member of the Fridays for Future chapter in Kharkiv, Ukraine. [1] El Kortbi helped found and is the board secretary for Fridays for Future Ukraine. [5] [6]

He was a coordinator of the Ukrainian delegation to the 16th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Youth. [7]

He protested at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "'How are the G7 different from Putin?' asks Ukrainian climate activist". POLITICO. June 27, 2022.
  2. ↑ "12 climate activists inspiring us to fight climate change | International Rescue Committee (IRC)". www.rescue.org. November 21, 2024.
  3. ↑ "This Ukrainian climate activist is telling their story at Davos". euronews. May 26, 2022.
  4. ↑ "'We don't know what will happen tomorrow' | New Internationalist". newint.org. March 4, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Activists stage global climate protest, slam Ukraine war". AP News. March 25, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Caught in a War They Didn't Start, Ukrainian Climate Activists Call for Peace". Earth Island Journal.
  7. ↑ https://www.unicef.org/ukraine/en/press-releases/young-climate-activists-ukraine-speak-un-youth-conference
  8. ↑ Kottasová, Ivana (November 18, 2022). "Ukraine is finding new allies in a Russian tourist hotspot". CNN.
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