The list of the 100 most committed Latinos in the face of the climate crisis in 2024 includes a broad representation of Latin society, culture and the economy, including this year the President of EFE, Miguel Ángel Oliver, and journalist and climate expert Marta Montojo.
Pope Francis, singer-songwriter Carlos Vives, Iberdrola Chairman Ignacio Sánchez Galán, and Brazil's Minister of Indigenous Affairs, Sônia Bone de Souza Silva Santos, are other prominent personalities in this list.
Dozens of social and business leaders, scientists, politicians and communicators make up a list that is published every year by the Miami-based environmental NGO Sachamama, on the occasion of the International Day against Climate Change, to remind us that the future of the planet depends on all of us, according to its promoters.
Seven Spaniards
Among the 100 Latinos facing the climate crisis are seven Spaniards: the third vice-president of the Government, Teresa Ribera; the president of the electric company Iberdrola, Ignacio Sánchez Galán; the president of EFE, Miguel Ángel Oliver; ocean activist Olivia Mandle; journalists Marta Montojo (EFEverde) and Lorena Arroyo (América Futura); and the president of the International Network of Writers for the Earth, Ángel Juárez Almendros.
On a global scale, others selected include U.S. Congresswoman Aleixandra Ocasio-Cortez for New York's 14th district; Ecuadorian indigenous activist Alex Lucitante; the executive director of Climate Power in Action, Antonieta Cádiz, and Honduran activist Bertha Zúñiga.
Also noteworthy are the scientist Carlos Nobre from Brazil, the Chilean climate journalist Catalina Droguett, the Costa Rican climate leader Christiana Figueres -one of the architects of the Paris Agreement- or the Colombian photojournalist Federico Ríos. Promoted by the Miami-based NGO Sachamama, the election of these climate leaders is the result of a nomination process by more than 20 social and environmental organizations that highlight their impact on the environmental struggle and the solutions provided to the climate emergency.
Ten international judges
The nominations were then evaluated by a panel of 10 international judges with extensive experience in climate activism, environmental communication, environmental rights, sustainability policy advocacy and scientific research.
The judges for this sixth edition include Maximiliano Bello, international expert in ocean policy; Tais Gadea, freelance journalist specializing in environment, sustainability and climate change; Helena Gualinga, indigenous climate justice activist; and Carlos Correa, former colombian Minister of Environment and Development.
