Naomi Klein is a Canadian author,social activist,and filmmaker known for her political analyses;support of ecofeminism,organized labour,criticism of corporate globalization,fascism and capitalism. In 2021,Klein took up the UBC Professorship in Climate Justice,joining the University of British Columbia's Department of Geography. She has been the co-director of the newly launched Centre for Climate Justice since 2021.
Youth activism is the participation in community organizing for social change by persons between the ages of 15–24. Youth activism has led to a shift in political participation and activism. A notable shift within youth activism is the rise of “Alter-Activism”resulting in an emphasis on lived experiences and connectivity amongst young activists. The young activists have taken lead roles in public protest and advocacy around many issues like climate change,abortion rights and gun violence.
The climate movement is a global social movement focused on pressuring governments and industry to take action addressing the causes and impacts of climate change. Environmental non-profit organizations have engaged in significant climate activism since the late 1980s and early 1990s,as they sought to influence the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Climate activism has become increasingly prominent over time,gaining significant momentum during the 2009 Copenhagen Summit and particularly following the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2016.
Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg is a Swedish environmental activist known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action to mitigate the effects of human-caused climate change.
Isra Hirsi is an American environmental activist. She co-founded and served as the co-executive director of the U.S. Youth Climate Strike. In 2020,she was named in the Fortune's 40 Under 40 Government and Politics list. She is the daughter of U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar.
Holly Gillibrand is a Scottish environmental activist.
Xiye Bastida Patrick is a Mexican climate activist and member of the Indigenous Otomi community. She is one of the major organizers of Fridays for Future New York City and has been a leading voice for indigenous and immigrant visibility in climate activism. She is on the administration committee of the People's Climate Movement and a former member of Sunrise Movement and Extinction Rebellion. She cofounded Re-Earth Initiative,an international nonprofit organization that is inclusive and intersectional “just as the climate movement should be.”Xiye is pronounced "she-yeh",[ʃi-jɛ],meaning not available.
Vanessa Nakate is an Ugandan climate justice activist. She gained international recognition for her climate activism in Uganda,where she began a solitary climate strike in January 2019.
Adenike Oladosu is a Nigerian climate activist,and initiator of the school strike for climate in Nigeria. She has showcased her climate action at international conferences including the UN Climate Change Conference,World Economic Forum,and Elevate festival in Graz-Austria.
Sophia Kianni is an Iranian-American social entrepreneur and climate activist. She is the founder and president of Climate Cardinals,a nonprofit offering climate change information in multiple languages,serves on the EPA's National Youth Advisory Council,and as an advisor to the United Nations. She is the youngest United Nations advisor in US history.
The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC,more commonly referred to as COP27,was the 27th United Nations Climate Change conference,held from 6 November until 20 November 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh,Egypt. It took place under the presidency of Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry,with more than 92 heads of state and an estimated 35,000 representatives,or delegates,of 190 countries attending. It was the fifth climate summit held in Africa,and the first since 2016.
Leah Namugerwa is a youth climate activist in Uganda. She is known for leading tree planting campaigns and for starting a petition to enforce the plastic bag ban in Uganda. Following inspiration from Greta Thunberg,she began supporting school strikes in February 2019 with fellow Fridays for the Future Uganda organizer Sadrach Nirere.
Dominika Lasota is a Polish climate justice activist. She is a founding member of the Polish Consultative Council.
Saoi O'Connor is an Irish youth climate activist who began the Fridays for Future strike in Cork,Ireland in January 2019.
Kehkashan BasuMSM is a Canadian environmental and human rights activist from the United Arab Emirates. Basu also advocates for peace,children’s rights,education for sustainable development,nuclear disarmament,gender equality and climate justice. She is the Founder-President of Green Hope Foundation,the youngest Councillor of World Future Council,the youngest Trustee of the Parliament of the World's Religions,a KidsRights Youngsters member,and winner of the International Children's Peace Prize 2016.
Kate Yeo is a youth climate activist from Singapore.
Elijah McKenzie-Jackson is a visual artist focused on common themes of climate justice,based in London and New York City,known for noting intersectional themes;for example indigenous rights. McKenzie-Jackson is co-founder at Waic Up,an organizer of Youth Strike for Climate,and is a United Nations Togetherband Ambassador. He is one of the organizers who started Fridays for Future UK,in February 2019.
Ayisha Siddiqa is an American climate justice advocate. She is a co-founder of Fossil Free University and Polluters Out.
Evelyn Acham is a climate justice activist from Kampala Uganda and national Ugandan coordinator of the Rise Up Movement,which was founded by her friend and fellow organizer Vanessa Nakate.
Vic Barrett is an American climate activist. He was a plaintiff in Juliana v. United States, which has been called likely the most ambitious and aggressive climate change lawsuit filed to date. Barrett also featured in a documentary about the case,Youth v. Gov.
