Xiomara Acevedo

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Xiomara Acevedo
Nationality Colombian
OccupationClimate change activist
EmployerBarranquilla +20

Xiomara Acevedo is a Colombian climate change activist. As founder and CEO of the NGO Barranquilla +20, she has argued for the inclusion of women and young people's voices in climate justice.

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Career

Acevedo founded Barranquilla +20 in 2012, and as of 2022, serves as the CEO. [1] [2] Barranquilla +20 is a youth-led non-governmental organization focused on climate activism and environmentalism in Barranquilla and throughout Latin America. [3] [4]

Acevedo co-founded the network "El Orinoco se adapta" (Orinoco adapts), which uses a gender-based approach toward addressing and adapting to climate change in the Orinoquía natural region, around 2014. [2] [5]

In 2015, Acevedo worked for the World Wide Fund for Nature in Paraguay. [6]

From 2016 to 2019, Acevedo worked as a climate change expert for the government of Nariño, Colombia, coordinating climate change policy. [6] [7]

In 2021, Acevedo attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), as part of the Women and Gender Constituency. [8] She advocated for the importance of women's rights in achieving climate justice. [8]

Acevedo directs the Women for Climate Justice project (a project of Barranquilla +20), a 2021 initiative that emphasizes the climate leadership of young women from across Colombia. [1] [9] [10] Barranquilla +20 was awarded $50,000 for the project by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2021. [1] [11] [12]

Acevedo serves on the steering committee of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network [1] [13] and the Youth Fund Committee of the Global Youth Climate Action Fund. [14]

Personal life

Acevedo is from Barranquilla, Colombia. [1] [9]

Acevedo is a graduate of Universidad del Norte, Colombia, from which she took a degree in international relations, with a focus on international law. [11] [13] Acevedo attended the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, where she studied climate finance. [1]

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