Mitzi Jonelle Tan | |
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 Mitzi Jonelle Tan, ManiFiesta 2022 | |
| Born | October 27, 1997 [1] |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Occupation | Climate Justice Activist |
| Organization | YACAP |
| Known for | Environmentalism |
Mitzi Jonelle Tan (born October 27, 1997) is a Filipino climate justice activist. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] She lives in Metro Manila, Philippines. [2] [7]
Tan's activism started in 2017 after meeting with indigenous leaders in her country. This made her realize that collective action and system change are necessary to create a more just and green society. [2]
In 2019, Tan co-founded Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP), [8] the Fridays For Future (FFF) organization of the Philippines, [2] following climate demonstrations around the world. [7] Tan is the lead convener [9] [10] and international spokesperson [2] [11] [12] of YACAP. Tan is also a Fridays for Future activist in the Philippines, [13] and spokesperson. [14]
Tan was part of the move to take school strikes for climate online at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. [4]
In September 2020, Tan was part of a move to return to 'safe' climate protests. [15] In late 2020, Tan was one of the volunteers who organised Mock COP26 , [16] [17] which had delegates from 140 countries. [18] She also gave a talk at Mock COP26 on being an activist living where activism is equated with terrorism. [19] [20] Commenting on Mock COP26 Tan told The Guardian "They're making sure that the voices of the most affected areas are amplified, and making sure that we have a space and we're not just tokenised." [21] She was one of the activists to take part in the Fridays For Future 'Pass the Mic' campaign, also in late 2020, to request that Attenborough pass on his Instagram account to youth advocates, particularly from the Global South. [6] [14] [22]
In November 2020 Tan backed the Climate Live series of international concerts to be held in 2021. [23]
Tan's organisation went into action following the 2020 back-to-back hurricanes in the Philippines to help the most impacted communities, including by feeding the hungry and talking to them about the problems they faced. [24]
Tan is also one of the Fridays for Future activists leading the 2021 Clean Up Standard Chartered campaign of Fridays for Future, a divestment campaign calling on Standard Chartered Bank to divest from companies involved in the coal industry around the world. [25] [26]
Tan has addressed gender stereotypes and sexism that she faces in her activism, as women are often ignored or dismissed. She has also noted that climate education is typically "alienating, Western, too technical, and not empowering at all," in relation to the approach that she takes as an activist. [27] Tan has also spoken up about "red-tagging," a practice of government officials and supporters in the Philippines where activists and opposition are branded as communists or terrorists, and how it has negative effects on the participation of the youth in the climate movement in her country. [28]
Tan has provided inspiration to others, such as the Indonesian youth activist Salsabila Khairunnisa. [29]
She has led climate action strikes at the University of the Philippines, [10] [30] where she graduated in mathematics. [31]
Tan along with four other activists from MAPA (Most Affected People and Areas) countries, Eyal Weintraub of Argentina, Disha A Ravi of India, Kevin Mtai of Kenya, and Laura Verónica Muñoz of Colombia, along with Greta Thunberg have announced a new wave of climate strikes. [32] While announcing climate strikes Tan has called for "annual binding carbon targets and immediate cuts in emissions in all sectors of our economy." [33] She also said: "If we don't act now, we won't even have a chance to achieve those 2030 and 2050 goals that world leaders keep talking about." [34]
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Mitzi Jonelle Tan is a climate justice activist based in Metro Manila, Philippines. She is the convenor and international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP), the Fridays For Future (FFF) of the Philippines. She became an activist in 2017 after integrating with indigenous leaders of her country, which pushed her to realise that collective action and system change is what we need for a just and greener society.
23-year-old climate activist Mitzi Jonelle Tan.
Mitzi Jonelle Tan, a climate activist from Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines, expresses, "Digital strikes are a good way to maintain momentum during this time of quarantine. ... ."
Mitzi Jonelle Tan, an activist, said: "We Filipinos are among the most impacted, ranking second in the latest global climate risk index, yet our contributions to greenhouse gas emissions are so little. ..."
"When you hear the Philippines, maybe you'll think of the disastrous typhoon Goni – the strongest on the planet this year," says Filipino climate activist Mitzi Jonelle Tan.
Mitzi is 22 jaar en woont in Manilla in de Filipijnen. Vorig jaar richtte ze de organisatie YACAP op, Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines, naar aanleiding van de wereldwijde klimaatbetogingen.
Mitzi Jonelle Tan, co-founder of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines, an alliance of young climate activists, ... "I'm here not anymore because of anger and fear, but because of love for the people and the environment, knowing that with the youth and the marginalised sectors of society fighting together for a better future nothing is impossible," she says.
Mitzi Jonelle Tan, 22[.] Lead convener of the Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines, in Manila
"The world is on fire anSchool strike for climated we refuse to inherit its ashes," said Mitzi Jonelle Tan, lead convener of the Youth Advocates for Climate Action in the Philippines (Yacap) that led the strikes in UP [University of the Philippines].
"Typhoons, droughts, rising sea levels, we experience these every day. We are the second most vulnerable country in the world to the climate crisis, yet our contributions to global greenhouse gas emissions are so little," Mitzi Jonelle Tan, international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines, said.
Mitzi Jonelle Tan, international spokesperson of the leading climate strike group Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines said "the declaration of a climate emergency shouldn't stop at just stating the obvious that there is one."
"Trying to raise awareness purely online is so difficult because it's so easy to ignore posts about the climate," said 22-year-old Mitzi Jonelle Tan, a Fridays for Future activist in the Philippines.
Comments on behalf of Fridays For Future were provided by Mitzi Jonelle Tan (Youth Advocates For Climate Action Philippines), Ina-Maria Shikongo (Friday's For Future Windhoek, Namibia), Ayshka Najib (FFF Digital), Flora Beverley (UK), Sofía Gutiérrez (FFF Colombia), Disha A Ravi (FFF India), Chelsea Webster (Canada), and Helena Bennett (UK).
"We need to put people over profit and any politician that cannot prioritise this needs to step down now," urged Mitzi Jonelle Tan, an activist from the Philippines.
Mitzi Jonelle Tan, a volunteer from Manila in the Philippines, also found the approach of Mock Cop26 refreshing. "They're making sure that the voices of the most affected areas are amplified, and making sure that we have a space and we're not just tokenised," said the 22-year-old. "Being able to connect with 141 countries and build real relationships and connections – that's what I'll take away from it."
Vi kan ikkje vente eit år til, fordi klimakrisa ventar ikkje eit år til, seier Mitzi Jonelle Tan på e-post til Framtida.no. 22-åringen frå Filippinane er ein av dei mange unge klimaaktivistane som reagerte med vantru då årets klimatoppmøte i Glasgow vart utsett til november 2021 grunna koronapandemien.
Tan's activities in the Philippines are normally face-to-face, including going to classrooms to give talks about climate change.
Phoebe Hanson: ... Personally, a highlight for me at our event will be the Philippines activist Mitzi Jonelle Tan, she has sent us the most incredible talk about what it's like being an activist in a country where being an activist is seen as an act of terrorism.
COP26 president and UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma was scheduled to speak at the opening of the youth conference, ... Mock COP26 will direct attention to the countries most at risk from the climate crisis. That includes a talk from 22-year-old Mitzi Jonelle Tan, an activist based in the Philippines where a new anti-terrorism law described as "dangerous" by human rights campaigners puts climate activists at risk.
"They're making sure that the voices of the most affected areas are amplified, and making sure that we have a space and we're not just tokenised," 22-year-old volunteer Mitzi Jonelle Tan from Manilla in the Philippines told The Guardian.
"The campaign focuses on making sure that youth activists, especially from the Global South are empowered and able to share their stories in their own way," Mitzi Jonelle Tan, from Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Mitzi Jonelle Tan, 23, convener of Youth Advocates For Climate Action Philippines, added: "We have just experienced four typhoons in the span of a month. ... This is the climate crisis, ... we desperately need more people out on the streets if we want to see change. Climate Live is the perfect way to do that."
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Mitzi Jonelle Tan, an activist from Manila, has been campaigning for climate justice. As the Philippines was hit by two back-to-back hurricanes in 2020, her organization sprang into action – feeding the communities left hungry and asking them about their problems and how they felt after the storm. "This isn't just about the weather and the environment. It's about justice."
Khairunnisa, who is inspired by other climate activists such as Sweden's Greta Thunberg and Mitzi Jonelle Tan in the Philippines, said Jaga Rimba has advised student campaigns against deforestation on Sumatra island, in Kalimantan and Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua.
Mitzi Jonelle Tan, un'attivista dei Fridays for Future di 22 anni, ha denunciato il governo delle Filippine per non essere riuscito a proteggere le persone sia dai cambiamenti climatici, sia dalla pandeia: "Danno priorità ai ricchi piuttosto che ai poveri, non stanno ascoltando la scienza".
Los jóvenes agrupados en los movimientos de #FridaysForFuture de los países del MAPA (personas y zonas más afectadas, por sus siglas en inglés), Mitzi Jonelle Tan (Filipinas), Eyal Weintraub (Argentina), Disha A Ravi (India), Kevin Mtai (Kenya), Laura Verónica Muñoz (Colombia), se unieron a Greta Thunberg de Suecia para anunciar una nueva ola de huelgas climáticas mundiales ...
"If we don't act now, we won't even have the chance to deliver on those 2030, 2050 targets that world leaders keep on talking about," said Mitzi Jonelle Tan from the Philippines, one of the group's organizers. "What we need now are not empty promises, but annual binding carbon targets and immediate cuts in emissions in all sectors of our economy."
"If we don't act now, we won't even have a chance to achieve those 2030 and 2050 goals that world leaders keep talking about," said Mitzi Jonelle Tan from the Philippines.