Parent Letter to World Leaders

We, the parents

More than 150 leading parents from the arts, entertainment, sport, science, civil society, and business have signed an open letter, led by Our Kids’ Climate, urging world leaders to end our dangerous dependence on fossil fuels for the sake of the children of today and tomorrow.

Parents who have signed include Angelique Kidjo, Christiana Figueres, Don Cheadle, Dame Emma Thompson, Princess Esmeralda of Belgium, Julianne Moore, Khaled Hosseini, Robert Redford, Tasneem Essop, Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, and many more.

The letter has been spearheaded by Our Kids’ Climate, as part of an effort taking place during Climate Week NYC supported by Groundswell (Global Optimism), Save the Children International, Potential Energy, C40 Cities, Climate Crisis Advisory Group, WE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION, and the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, which seeks to harness the power of love-led climate action to #ProtectWhatWeLove.

The letter was released alongside a powerful video produced by the Potential Energy Coalition, which was informed by the organization’s research that found the number one reason people around the world care about climate change is to protect children and future generations.

As parents, we move mountains for our children everyday. For the love of our children, and children everywhere, we can move mountains on climate too!

Read the letter, view the signatories and then add your name to this powerful call!

Dear World Leaders,

Ahead of the United Nations Summit of the Future, children and young people from around the world are mobilizing to secure the right to a livable future. As parents, we must, too, raise our voice to protect what we love: our children and precious planet. The burning of fossil fuels drives the climate crisis, harming children now and stealing their futures. It is crucial that the Summit makes an unambiguous commitment to a just and fair transition away from fossil fuels. And it is crucial that you, as world leaders, and indeed as parents, make good on that commitment, so that we can pass on a healthy planet to our children.

The reality of climate breakdown is painfully clear. Millions of children are suffering. We have seen super-strength hurricanes in the Caribbean, record-smashing heat waves across the U.S., Asia and East Africa, destructive wildfires from Greece to Canada, and unprecedented flooding in Brazil, North Africa, Pakistan and the UAE. All too often, it is communities that have contributed the least to carbon pollution that are being hit first and worst. But everyone, everywhere is affected.

99 percent of us breathe dirty air. Children are especially vulnerable: polluted air lodges inside their growing bodies, causing and aggravating diseases from asthma to cancer. Children’s physiology also makes them vulnerable to extreme heat. 559 million children are currently exposed to frequent heat waves, with this number expected to surge to over two billion worldwide by 2050. Virtually all children on earth.

The science is clear: the burning of coal, gas and oil is the main cause of the climate crisis and air pollution. At the same time, exponential progress in clean technologies means a safer world for all is now within reach.Today’s young people and future generations need leaders to seize this better future.

We applaud you for coming together to find a path to create a safer world for our children. To be worthy of its name, the Summit of the Future must be a reset moment. We want our children to inherit a world in which they can breathe clean air, enjoy nature, and meet their potential without threat from ever-worsening climate disasters. For this to happen, we must end our dangerous dependence on fossil fuels.

The majority support decisive action: 77% of the global population want their government to do whatever it takes to limit the effects of climate change. Next year, countries must present updated climate plans to the UN. These plans are a once-in-a-generation opportunity to respond to this global mandate for action.

As scientists, artists, sportspeople, people of faith, city mayors, authors and illustrators, and leaders of business and civil society, we urge you to accelerate a fossil fuel phase out, and commit to a fair, fast and funded transition to clean, safe renewable energy.

We, the parents, simply wish for a decent future for our children, and all children. You have the power to protect what we love. For the children of today and tomorrow, we are counting on you.

Parent letter in other languages

Yours,

In alphabetical order by first name:

Agnes Imgart, Parents For Future Global & Parents For Future Germany, Germany

Alastair Campbell, Writer, Podcaster and Strategist, UK

Alison Steadman, Actor, UK

Alysia Reiner, Actress, Activist, Speaker, Producer, Eco-Mom, USA

Amber Valletta, Activist, Founder and Model, USA

Dr Andrew Steer, President and CEO, Bezos Earth Fund, USA

Angelique Kidjo, Musician, Benin

Annie Lennox, Singer, Songwriter, Humanitarian and Co-Founder of The Circle, UK

Anya Kamenetz, Journalist and Author, The Stolen Year, USA

Arizona Muse, Model, Sustainability Consultant, Activist and Founder of DIRT Charity, USA

Dr Arunabha Ghosh, Scientist, India

Axel Scheffler, Illustrator, Germany/UK

AY Young, Singer, Songwriter, USA

Benji Davies, Author, Illustrator, UK

Benjamin Chaud, Author and illustrator, France

Beverley Naidoo, Writer, Children’s Author, South Africa/UK

Bhavreen Kandhari, Warrior Moms, Co-Founder, India

Bianca Santana, Author/Writer and Journalist, Brazil

Bill McKibben, Activist, USA

Brad Adams, Executive Director, Climate Rights International, USA

Britta Teckentrup, Illustrator, Germany/UK

Bruce Douglas, CEO, Global Renewables Alliance, UK

Cameron Russell, Model, USA

Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Program host and journalist, Sweden

Céline Charveriat, Civil society leader, France

Chris Riddell, Illustrator, UK/South Africa

Christiana Figueres, former UN Climate Chief, Costa Rica

Clare Winterton, The Solutions Project, USA

Cobie Smulders, Actor, Canada

Cristina Orpheo, Executive Director of Fundo Casa Socioambiental, Mother and Grandmother, Brazil

Damon Gameau, Film director, Australia

Sir David King, Scientist, UK

David Lyons, Actor, Australia

David Morrissey, Actor and Producer, UK

Debi Gliori, Writer and Illustrator, UK

Dia Mirza, Actress, India

Djimon Hounsou, Actor and activist, US/Benin

Dominique Browning, Director and Co-Founder, Moms Clean Air Force, USA

Don Cheadle, Actor, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, and The Solutions Project board member, USA

Emma Chichester Clark, Author and Illustrator, UK

Emma Max, Head of Operations Våra barns klimat, Sweden

Dame Emma Thompson, Actor and Writer, UK

Emmy Rossum, Actor and Singer/Songwriter, USA

Princess Esmeralda of Belgium, Journalist and environmental activist, Belgium

Eva Eland, Author and Illustrator, Netherlands/UK

Eva Riemer, Co-Chair of the European Grandparents for Climate, Denmark

Fadhel Kaboub, Economics Professor and Member of the Independent Experts Group on Just Transitions and Development.

Farhana Yamin, Climate Lawyer & Director, Climate Justice and Just Transition Collaborative, UK

Dr Fatima Denton, Scientist, Ghana

Fernando Meirelles, Film director, Brazil

The Rev. Fletcher Harper, Executive Director, GreenFaith, USA

Frida Berry Eklund, Co-founder Our Kids’ Climate and Klimatkollen, Author, EU Climate Pact Ambassador, Sweden

Gary Lineker, Sports Broadcaster and Footballer, UK

Genevieve Gunther, Professor, Author, USA

Godela von Kirchbach, Co-Chair of the European Grandparents for Climate, Austria

Dr. Guido Schmidt-Traub, Economist, France

The Revd Canon Guy Wilkinson CBE, Trustee, Faith for the Climate, UK

Halle Bailey, Grammy-nominated singer and actor, USA

Harriet Shugarman, Chair, Our Kids Climate Advisory Council, US/Canada

Hend Sabry, Award winning actress, producer and mother, Egypt/Tunisia

Pastor Henrique Vieira, Religious Leader, Brazil

Ian McEwan, Novelist and screenwriter, UK

Ilana Glazer, Comedian, Activist, Actor, USA

Inger Ashing, Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children International, Sweden

Isabel González Whitaker, Director, EcoMadres, USA

Isabelle Carré, Actress, France

Jackie Morris, Artist, Writer, Illustrator, UK

Jamie Cresswell, Buddhist Faith Leader, UK

Jane Ray, Children’s book illustrator, author and art educator, UK

Jerry White, Executive Director of United Religions Initiative , USA

Jessica Simor KC, Matrix Chambers, UK

Jessica St. Clair, Actor and Author, USA

Jill Kubit, Our Kids’ Climate, Co-Director and co-founder; DearTomorrow, co-founder, USA

Jim Field, Illustrator, UK

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, Rabbi of New North London Synagogue and Senior Rabbi of Masorti Judaism, UK

Julianne Moore, Actress and Author, USA

Julie Walters, Actor, UK

Justin Forsyth, Co-Founder, Count Us In, UK

Kamran Shezad, Director, Islamic Foundation for Ecology & Environmental Sciences, UK

Kate Raworth, Senior Associate Oxford University, Author of Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think like a 21st Century Economist, UK

Ken Wilson-Max, Children’s Author, Illustrator and Publisher, UK/Zimbabwe

Kevin Bacon, Actor, USA

Khaled Hosseini, Writer, Afghanistan/USA

Konnie Huq, Broadcaster and Writer, UK

Krista Kosonen, Actor, Finland

Kumi Naidoo, President of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, South Africa

Kyra Sedgwick, Actor, USA

Laila Zaid, Actress & socio-environmental communicator, Brazil

Lais Fleury, Alana Institute, Brazil

Laura Clarke, CEO, ClientEarth, UK

Leah Seligmann, Business Leader

Leanne Brummell, Parents for Future Global & Parents For Climate Australia, Australia

LeUyen Pham, Author and Illustrator, Vietnam/USA

Liat Olenick, Parent, Educator and Organizer with Climate Families NYC, USA

Lidy Nacpil, Coordinator of the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development, The Philippines

Lily Cole, Director, Writer, Activist, UK

Lisa Hoyos, Co-founder Climate Parents, USA

Livia Giuggioli Firth, Co-founder, The Circle, Italy

Lucian Msamati, Actor, UK/Zimbabwe/Tanzania

Makoma Lekalakala, Director, Earthlife Africa-Johannesburg, Goldman Environmental Prize Awardee, Our Kids’ Climate Advisory Council, South Africa

Malorie Blackman, Writer and former Children’s Laureate, UK

Manuel Pulgar Vidal, Political Leader, Peru

Margarita Engle, Cuban American Poet and Children’s Book Author, Cuba, USA

Dr Maria Neira, Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization, Spain

Dr. Mariana Mazzucato, Economist, Italy

Matthew Rhys, Actor, UK

May Boeve, Activist, USA

Maya Mailer, Our Kids’ Climate Co-Director, UK

Megan Boone, Actor, USA

Merylene Chitharai, Faith Youth Leader, South Africa

Michael E. Mann, Scientist, USA

Michael Poland, Campaign Director, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, Australia

Michael Rosen, Broadcaster, Poet and Children’s Writer, UK

Sir Mo Farah, 4 x Olympic Champion athlete and Save the Children Ambassador, UK/Somalia

Naomi Klein, Author and Journalist, Canada

Ndivile Mokoena, Faith Leader and Activist, South Africa

Nick Grono, CEO, The Freedom Fund, Our Kids’ Climate Advisory Council, UK/Belgium/Australia

Nisreen Elsaim, Climate Activist, Sudan

Nnimmo Bassey, Writer and Environmental Activist, Nigeria

Olafur Eliasson, Artist, Denmark/Iceland

Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship at Quakers in Britain, UK

Omar Elmawi, Coordinator for Africa Climate Movement Building Space, Kenya

Patrick Arnold, Founder, 10 Billion Strong, Environmental Educator, USA

Paul Hawken, Author, USA

Paul Polman, Business Leader, UK

Phil Bloomer, Executive Director, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, UK

Piper Perabo, Actress, USA

Raakhi Shah, CEO, The Circle, UK

Rajiv Joshi, Executive Director, Project Regeneration, UK/USA

Ray Winstone, Actor, UK

Rebecca Cobb, illustrator, UK

Rob Biddulph, Illustrator, UK

Robert Redford, Actor, Director, and Trustee of Natural Resources Defense Council, USA

Sibylle Szaggars Redford, Founder, President & Artistic Director of The Way of the Rain, USA/Germany

Romesh Gunesekera, Author, Sri Lanka/UK

Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah CBE, Founder and Director, The Ella Roberta Foundation, UK

Rosario Dawson, “Actrivist,” Designer and Producer, USA

Rowan Ryrie, Parent Movement Leader, UK

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London and C40 cities Co-Chair, UK

Sara Nilsson Lööv, Mothers Rebellion for Climate Justice, Sweden

Satish Kumar, Editor Emeritus, Resurgence & Ecologist, UK/India

Sergei Urban, Founder of TheDadLab and Author, Latvia, UK

Seth Klein, Writer and Climate Campaigner, Canada

Shabana Azmi, Actor and Activist, India

Simon Pegg, Actor, Screenwriter and Producer, UK

Sonia Dunlop, CEO of the Global Solar Council (GSC), UK

Sonia Kwami, Director of Campaigns and Organising, 350.org,Ghana

Steve Buscemi, Actor, Director, Producer and Writer, USA

Dr. Susan Pacheco, Pediatrician, Professor of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Our Kids’ Climate Advisory Council, US/Puerto Rico

Susana Réfega, Executive Director, Laudato Si’ Movement, Portugal

Tan Sri Jemilah Mahmood, Executive Director of the Sunway Center for Planetary Health. Malaysia

Tasneem Essop, Executive Director of Climate Action Network, South Africa

Thato Angelina Gabaitse, Parents For Future Global, Botswana

Tiê, Singer, Songwriter, Brazil

Tim Guinee, Actor, USA

Tom Rivett-Carnac, Co-Founder Global Optimism, UK

Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, Canada

Woochong Um, Chief Executive Officer, The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, South Korea

Bishop William Swing, Founder of United Religions Initiative, USA

Xoli Fuyani, Director, Black Girls Rising, South Africa

Yuyi Morales, Writer and illustrator, Mexico/US

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown and C40 Cities Co-Chair, Sierra Leone

Yvonne Berlin, European Climate Pact Ambassador in Germany as representative of the Christians4Future Germany, Germany

Zillah Bethell, Author, Papua New Guinea/UK

In alphabetical order by first name:

Agnes Imgart, Parents For Future Global & Parents For Future Germany, Germany

Alastair Campbell, Writer, Podcaster and Strategist, UK

Alison Steadman, Actor, UK

Alysia Reiner, Actress, Activist, Speaker, Producer, Eco-Mom, USA

Amber Valletta, Activist, Founder and Model, USA

Dr Andrew Steer, President and CEO, Bezos Earth Fund, USA

Angelique Kidjo, Musician, Benin

Annie Lennox, Singer, Songwriter, Humanitarian and Co-Founder of The Circle, UK

Anya Kamenetz, Journalist and Author, The Stolen Year, USA

Arizona Muse, Model, Sustainability Consultant, Activist and Founder of DIRT Charity, USA

Dr Arunabha Ghosh, Scientist, India

Axel Scheffler, Illustrator, Germany/UK

AY Young, Singer, Songwriter, USA

Benji Davies, Author, Illustrator, UK

Benjamin Chaud, Author and illustrator, France

Beverley Naidoo, Writer, Children’s Author, South Africa/UK

Bhavreen Kandhari, Warrior Moms, Co-Founder, India

Bianca Santana, Author/Writer and Journalist, Brazil

Bill McKibben, Activist, USA

Brad Adams, Executive Director, Climate Rights International, USA

Britta Teckentrup, Illustrator, Germany/UK

Bruce Douglas, CEO, Global Renewables Alliance, UK

Cameron Russell, Model, USA

Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Program host and journalist, Sweden

Céline Charveriat, Civil society leader, France

Chris Riddell, Illustrator, UK/South Africa

Christiana Figueres, former UN Climate Chief, Costa Rica

Clare Winterton, The Solutions Project, USA

Cobie Smulders, Actor, Canada

Cristina Orpheo, Executive Director of Fundo Casa Socioambiental, Mother and Grandmother, Brazil

Damon Gameau, Film director, Australia

Sir David King, Scientist, UK

David Lyons, Actor, Australia

David Morrissey, Actor and Producer, UK

Debi Gliori, Writer and Illustrator, UK

Dia Mirza, Actress, India

Djimon Hounsou, Actor and activist, US/Benin

Dominique Browning, Director and Co-Founder, Moms Clean Air Force, USA

Don Cheadle, Actor, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, and The Solutions Project board member, USA

Emma Chichester Clark, Author and Illustrator, UK

Emma Max, Head of Operations Våra barns klimat, Sweden

Dame Emma Thompson, Actor and Writer, UK

Emmy Rossum, Actor and Singer/Songwriter, USA

Princess Esmeralda of Belgium, Journalist and environmental activist, Belgium

Eva Eland, Author and Illustrator, Netherlands/UK

Eva Riemer, Co-Chair of the European Grandparents for Climate, Denmark

Fadhel Kaboub, Economics Professor and Member of the Independent Experts Group on Just Transitions and Development.

Farhana Yamin, Climate Lawyer & Director, Climate Justice and Just Transition Collaborative, UK

Dr Fatima Denton, Scientist, Ghana

Fernando Meirelles, Film director, Brazil

The Rev. Fletcher Harper, Executive Director, GreenFaith, USA

Frida Berry Eklund, Co-founder Our Kids’ Climate and Klimatkollen, Author, EU Climate Pact Ambassador, Sweden

Gary Lineker, Sports Broadcaster and Footballer, UK

Genevieve Gunther, Professor, Author, USA

Godela von Kirchbach, Co-Chair of the European Grandparents for Climate, Austria

Dr. Guido Schmidt-Traub, Economist, France

The Revd Canon Guy Wilkinson CBE, Trustee, Faith for the Climate, UK

Halle Bailey, Grammy-nominated singer and actor, USA

Harriet Shugarman, Chair, Our Kids Climate Advisory Council, US/Canada

Hend Sabry, Award winning actress, producer and mother, Egypt/Tunisia

Pastor Henrique Vieira, Religious Leader, Brazil

Ian McEwan, Novelist and screenwriter, UK

Ilana Glazer, Comedian, Activist, Actor, USA

Inger Ashing, Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children International, Sweden

Isabel González Whitaker, Director, EcoMadres, USA

Isabelle Carré, Actress, France

Jackie Morris, Artist, Writer, Illustrator, UK

Jamie Cresswell, Buddhist Faith Leader, UK

Jane Ray, Children’s book illustrator, author and art educator, UK

Jerry White, Executive Director of United Religions Initiative , USA

Jessica Simor KC, Matrix Chambers, UK

Jessica St. Clair, Actor and Author, USA

Jill Kubit, Our Kids’ Climate, Co-Director and co-founder; DearTomorrow, co-founder, USA

Jim Field, Illustrator, UK

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, Rabbi of New North London Synagogue and Senior Rabbi of Masorti Judaism, UK

Julianne Moore, Actress and Author, USA

Julie Walters, Actor, UK

Justin Forsyth, Co-Founder, Count Us In, UK

Kamran Shezad, Director, Islamic Foundation for Ecology & Environmental Sciences, UK

Kate Raworth, Senior Associate Oxford University, Author of Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think like a 21st Century Economist, UK

Ken Wilson-Max, Children’s Author, Illustrator and Publisher, UK/Zimbabwe

Kevin Bacon, Actor, USA

Khaled Hosseini, Writer, Afghanistan/USA

Konnie Huq, Broadcaster and Writer, UK

Krista Kosonen, Actor, Finland

Kumi Naidoo, President of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, South Africa

Kyra Sedgwick, Actor, USA

Laila Zaid, Actress & socio-environmental communicator, Brazil

Lais Fleury, Alana Institute, Brazil

Laura Clarke, CEO, ClientEarth, UK

Leah Seligmann, Business Leader

Leanne Brummell, Parents for Future Global & Parents For Climate Australia, Australia

LeUyen Pham, Author and Illustrator, Vietnam/USA

Liat Olenick, Parent, Educator and Organizer with Climate Families NYC, USA

Lidy Nacpil, Coordinator of the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development, The Philippines

Lily Cole, Director, Writer, Activist, UK

Lisa Hoyos, Co-founder Climate Parents, USA

Livia Giuggioli Firth, Co-founder, The Circle, Italy

Lucian Msamati, Actor, UK/Zimbabwe/Tanzania

Makoma Lekalakala, Director, Earthlife Africa-Johannesburg, Goldman Environmental Prize Awardee, Our Kids’ Climate Advisory Council, South Africa

Malorie Blackman, Writer and former Children’s Laureate, UK

Manuel Pulgar Vidal, Political Leader, Peru

Margarita Engle, Cuban American Poet and Children’s Book Author, Cuba, USA

Dr Maria Neira, Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization, Spain

Dr. Mariana Mazzucato, Economist, Italy

Matthew Rhys, Actor, UK

May Boeve, Activist, USA

Maya Mailer, Our Kids’ Climate Co-Director, UK

Megan Boone, Actor, USA

Merylene Chitharai, Faith Youth Leader, South Africa

Michael E. Mann, Scientist, USA

Michael Poland, Campaign Director, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, Australia

Michael Rosen, Broadcaster, Poet and Children’s Writer, UK

Sir Mo Farah, 4 x Olympic Champion athlete and Save the Children Ambassador, UK/Somalia

Naomi Klein, Author and Journalist, Canada

Ndivile Mokoena, Faith Leader and Activist, South Africa

Nick Grono, CEO, The Freedom Fund, Our Kids’ Climate Advisory Council, UK/Belgium/Australia

Nisreen Elsaim, Climate Activist, Sudan

Nnimmo Bassey, Writer and Environmental Activist, Nigeria

Olafur Eliasson, Artist, Denmark/Iceland

Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship at Quakers in Britain, UK

Omar Elmawi, Coordinator for Africa Climate Movement Building Space, Kenya

Patrick Arnold, Founder, 10 Billion Strong, Environmental Educator, USA

Paul Hawken, Author, USA

Paul Polman, Business Leader, Netherlands

Phil Bloomer, Executive Director, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, UK

Piper Perabo, Actress, USA

Raakhi Shah, CEO,  The Circle, UK

Rajiv Joshi, Executive Director, Project Regeneration, UK/USA

Ray Winstone, Actor, UK

Rebecca Cobb, illustrator, UK

Rob Biddulph, Illustrator, UK

Robert Redford, Actor, Director, and Trustee of Natural Resources Defense Council, USA

Sibylle Szaggars Redford,  Founder, President & Artistic Director of The Way of the Rain, USA/Germany

Romesh Gunesekera, Author, Sri Lanka/UK

Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah CBE, Founder and Director, The Ella Roberta Foundation, UK

Rosario Dawson, “Actrivist,” Designer and Producer, USA

Rowan Ryrie, Parent Movement Leader, UK

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London and C40 cities Co-Chair, UK

Sara Nilsson Lööv, Mothers Rebellion for Climate Justice, Sweden

Satish Kumar, Editor Emeritus, Resurgence & Ecologist, UK/India

Sergei Urban, Founder of TheDadLab and Author, Latvia, UK

Seth Klein, Writer and Climate Campaigner, Canada

Shabana Azmi, Actor and Activist, India

Simon Pegg, Actor, Screenwriter and Producer, UK

Sonia Dunlop, CEO of the Global Solar Council (GSC), UK

Sonia Kwami, Director of Campaigns and Organising, 350.org,Ghana

Steve Buscemi, Actor, Director, Producer and Writer, USA

Dr. Susan Pacheco, Pediatrician, Professor of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Our Kids’ Climate Advisory Council, US/Puerto Rico

Susana Réfega, Executive Director, Laudato Si’ Movement, Portugal

Tan Sri Jemilah Mahmood, Executive Director of the Sunway Center for Planetary Health. Malaysia

Tasneem Essop, Executive Director of Climate Action Network, South Africa

Thato Angelina Gabaitse, Parents For Future Global, Botswana

Tiê, Singer, Songwriter, Brazil

Tim Guinee, Actor, USA

Tom Rivett-Carnac, Co-Founder Global Optimism, UK

Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, Canada

Woochong Um, Chief Executive Officer, The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, South Korea

Bishop William Swing, Founder of United Religions Initiative, USA

Xoli Fuyani, Director, Black Girls Rising, South Africa

Yuyi Morales, Writer and illustrator, Mexico/US

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown and C40 Cities Co-Chair, Sierra Leone

Yvonne Berlin, European Climate Pact Ambassador in Germany as representative of the Christians4Future Germany, Germany

Zillah Bethell, Author, Papua New Guinea/UK

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