Bruno Rodríguez

Bruno Rodríguez is the founder and leader of Youth for Climate (Jóvenes por el Clima) Argentina, the Argentinian representation of the leading youth movement Fridays For Future. He is the author of the climate emergency declaration bill that was passed in the Argentinian Senate in 2019 and has organized some of the largest rallies and protests in Latin America. Since he was 14 years old, he has worked in some of the poorest neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires, helping communities impacted by extreme floods and heatwaves, educating social workers on climate justice and traveling to the north of Argentina to amplify the demands of indigenous people in Salta and Tucumán provinces, where he was born. He is also part of the Generation Climate Initiative.