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.
Xiomara Acevedo | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Occupation | Climate change activist |
| Employer | Barranquilla +20 |
Career
editAcevedo 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
editAcevedo 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Speaker Details | The New York Times Climate Hub". climatehub.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ a b "Xiomara Acevedo | One Young World". www.oneyoungworld.com. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ "Ambassador Spotlight: March 2021". www.oneyoungworld.com. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ "Proyectos". barranquillamas20.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ "El Orinoco se Adapta". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ a b "Acevedo, Xiomara – GNHRE". Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ "Xiomara Acevedo Navarro | Green Growth Knowledge Platform". www.greengrowthknowledge.org. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ a b Dazed (2021-11-04). "The young women activists fighting to make COP26 more feminist". Dazed. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ a b Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2022-03-06). "Las mujeres que luchan por el cuidado del medio ambiente en el Atlántico". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ Espectador, El (2022-03-26). "Las mujeres jóvenes que buscan la justicia climática en Colombia". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ a b Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2021-04-12). "Barranquilla +20, única de Latinoamérica escogida por Fundación Gates". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ Zaidi, Anita (March 29, 2021). "Announcing Gates Foundation Generation Equality Forum Youth Grantees". LinkedIn. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ a b "Steering Committee". GYBN. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ "Xiomara Acevedo – Global Youth Climate Action Fund". Retrieved 2022-04-04.