Adélaïde Charlier
Belgian activist for social and climate justice, Adélaïde Charlier rose to prominence as co-founder and spokesperson for Youth for Climate, a movement that 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 hold governments accountable for concrete action in the face of the climate emergency.
Adélaïde has forged a strong bond with Chief Raoni, the global symbol of the defense of Amazonia and the rights of Indigenous Peoples. In 2019, invited to attend COP25 in Madrid, she chose instead to travel to Amazonia to meet with communities directly threatened by deforestation — declaring that “the real COP was over there.” This decision marked a turning point in her journey, affirming the need to connect climate struggles with Indigenous resistances.
In the film Amazonia, the Heart of Mother Earth, she passionately amplifies the voice of youth seeking justice and solidarity, building a bridge between grassroots climate movements in the Global North and Indigenous Peoples’ resistances in the Global South.