Ilyess El Kortbi
Ilyess El Kortbi is a Ukrainian climate activist.[1][2] He has protested the climate crisis and the Russo-Ukrainian War.[3]
Life
El Kortbi grew up in Ukraine and Morocco.[4] He is a founding member of the Fridays for Future chapter in Kharkiv, Ukraine.[1] El Kortbi helped found and is the board secretary for Fridays for Future Ukraine.[5][6] He was a coordinator of the Ukrainian delegation to the 16th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Youth.[7]
He protested at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[8]
References
- ^ a b "'How are the G7 different from Putin?' asks Ukrainian climate activist". POLITICO. June 27, 2022.
- ^ "12 climate activists inspiring us to fight climate change | International Rescue Committee (IRC)". www.rescue.org. November 21, 2024.
- ^ "This Ukrainian climate activist is telling their story at Davos". euronews. May 26, 2022.
- ^ "'We don't know what will happen tomorrow' | New Internationalist". newint.org. March 4, 2022.
- ^ "Activists stage global climate protest, slam Ukraine war". AP News. March 25, 2022.
- ^ "Caught in a War They Didn't Start, Ukrainian Climate Activists Call for Peace". Earth Island Journal.
- ^ https://www.unicef.org/ukraine/en/press-releases/young-climate-activists-ukraine-speak-un-youth-conference
- ^ Kottasová, Ivana (November 18, 2022). "Ukraine is finding new allies in a Russian tourist hotspot". CNN.