Adélaïde Charlier
Belgian activist for social and climate justice, Adélaïde Charlier rose to prominence as co-founder and spokesperson of the Youth for Climate movement, which mobilized tens of thousands of young people across Belgium starting in 2019. Inspired by Greta Thunberg and, before her, by Severn Cullis-Suzuki, she embodies a generation determined to pressure governments into taking concrete action in the face of the climate emergency.
Adélaïde has forged a strong bond with Chief Raoni, a global symbol of the defense of the Amazon and the rights of Indigenous Peoples. In 2019, while invited to attend COP25 in Madrid, she chose instead to travel to the Amazon to meet communities directly threatened by deforestation, declaring that “the real COP was over there.” This decision marked a turning point in her journey, asserting the need to connect climate struggles with Indigenous rights movements.
In Amazonia, the Heart of Mother Earth, she amplifies the voice of youth calling for justice and solidarity, building a bridge between grassroots climate movements in the Global North and Indigenous resistance in the Global South.