Mitzi Jonelle Tan
International Spokesperson and Convenor, Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP)
Mitzi Jonelle Tan
International Spokesperson and Convenor, Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP)In order to achieve a global green future, we must examine our current profit-oriented, fossil fuel-obsessed system. We can no longer continue ignoring the physical limits of the planet and the needs and voices of the most marginalized. We need system change.
Mitzi Jonelle Tan is a full-time climate justice activist based in Metro Manila, Philippines. She is the convenor and international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP), the Fridays For Future (FFF) of the Philippines. She is also an organizer with FFF International making sure that voices from the Global South especially are heard, amplified, and given space. A strong voice on anti-imperialism, anti-colonization, and the intersectionality of the climate crisis, she is committed to changing the system and building a world that prioritizes people and planet, not profit, through collective action.