Xiomara Acevedo
Xiomara Acevedo is a Colombian climate change activist. She is the founder and CEO of the NGO Barranquilla +20. She stood 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
changeAcevedo founded Barranquilla +20 in 2012. As of 2022, she serves as the CEO.[1][2] Barranquilla +20 is a youth-led non-governmental organization. It focused on climate activism and environmentalism in Barranquilla and throughout Latin America.[3][4]
Acevedo co-founded the network "El Orinoco se adypta" (Orinoco adapts). It uses a gender-based approach towards addressing and adapting to climate change in the Orinoquía natural region. It was founded around the year 2014.[2]
In 2015, Acevedo worked for the World Wide Fund for Nature in Paraguay.[5]
From 2016 to 2019, Acevedo worked as a climate change expert for the government of Nariño, Colombia. She was helping in the climate change policy.[5][6]
In 2021, Acevedo attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). It was a part of the Women and Gender Constituency.[7] She stood for the importance of women's rights in achieving climate justice.[7]
Acevedo was the director of the Women for Climate Justice project (a project of Barranquilla +20). It was a 2021 initiative that focused the climate leadership of young women from across Colombia.[1][8][9] Barranquilla +20 was awarded $50,000 for the project by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2021.[1][10][11]
Acevedo was a member of the steering committee of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network.[1][12] She was also a member of the Youth Fund Committee of the Global Youth Climate Action Fund.[13]
Early life and career
changeAcevedo is from Barranquilla, Colombia.[1][8]
Acevedo completed her graduation from the Universidad del Norte, Colombia. She took a degree in international relations, with a focus on international law.[10][12] Acevedo attended the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. She studied climate finance.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Speaker Details | The New York Times Climate Hub". climatehub.nytimes.com. Archived from the original on 2022-04-17. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Acevedo, Xiomara – GNHRE". Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ↑ "Xiomara Acevedo Navarro | Green Growth Knowledge Platform". www.greengrowthknowledge.org. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Dazed (2021-11-04). "The young women activists fighting to make COP26 more feminist". Dazed. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 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.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 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.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Steering Committee". GYBN. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ↑ "Xiomara Acevedo – Global Youth Climate Action Fund". Retrieved 2022-04-04.