Sofía Hernández Salazar

Sofia Hernandez Salazar (born August 26, 1998) is a Costa Rican human rights, and environmental activist.

Sofía Hernández Salazar
BornAugust 26, 1998
San José, Costa Rica
NationalityCosta Rican
Known forPolitical Science Student
Human Rights and Climate Activist

Life

Sofía is a political science student at the University of Costa Rica. She is an organizer for Fridays For Future Costa Rica, coordinator of Escazú Ahora Costa Rica and Young Leaders Costa Rica and co-founded Latinas For Climate. She attended the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference as part of the Costa Rican delegation.[1]

She joined Fridays For Future Costa Rica in mid-2019. In one of her first strikes in front of the Presidential House she was part of a conversation with the President of the Republic, Carlos Alvarado, and other activists about the importance of declaring a climate emergency and of giving real protagonism to youth in climate and environmental decision-making spaces.[2] Subsequently, Sofia has again engaged in talks with the Costa Rican Presidency, specifically with the Vice President, Epsy Campbell, where she urged on the importance of ratifying the Escazú Agreement[3] and with the Vice Minister of Political Affairs and Citizen Dialogue on the importance of withdrawing the trawling law.[4]

Since September 2020 she is one of the coordinators of Escazú Now, an initiative conformed by Fridays For Future Costa Rica, Greenwolf Costa Rica and the Youth and Climate Change Network that aims to promote the ratification and proper implementation of the Escazú Agreement in the country.

In December 2020, Hernández was part of a global group of 9 women and non-binary activists that published a letter to global leaders on Thomson Reuters Foundation News, entitled "As the Paris Agreement on Climate Change marks five years, urgent action on climate threats is needed now". The international group included Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Belyndar Rikimani, Leonie Bremer, Laura Muñoz, Fatou Jeng, Disha Ravi, Hilda Flavia Nakabuye and Saoi O'Connor.[5] She helped organize the Mock COP26 and was a Costa Rican delegate.[6][7][8][9]

References
  1. "4 Young Climate Activists on Intersectionality in Climate Justice, Fighting From Home, and More". Green Matters. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  2. "PRESIDENTE CARLOS ALVARADO SE REÚNE CON JÓVENES DE FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE COSTA RICA". Presidencia de la República de Costa Rica.
  3. Campbell, Epsy. "El día de hoy recibimos en @presidenciacra voceras y voceros de la campaña EscazuAhoraCR, una red de jóvenes de diversas organizaciones que se unieron para exigir la ratificación de este Acuerdo Regional". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  4. Perez, Wendy (2020-10-24). "Representantes del Gobierno se reúnen con ambientalistas para discutir pesca de arrastre". El Mundo CR (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  5. "There's no time left for diplomacy. Now it's time for action". Fridays for Future, Thomson Reuters News. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  6. Goering, Laurie (2020-11-09). "As virus delays climate summit, youth 'Mock COP' takes (virtual) floor". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  7. "The UN canceled its 2020 climate summit. Youth held one anyway". Grist. 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  8. "Youth Activists Are Holding Their Own Climate Summit After COP26 Gets Delayed Due to COVID-19". Global Citizen. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  9. "'We want real action': young activists aim to fill void on climate with Mock Cop26". the Guardian. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
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