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Maria Azul Schvartzman
JoinedMarch 2, 2021
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Maria Azul Schvartzman is 26 years old and from Argentina. She studied Environmental Sciences at Buenos Aires University and currently she specializes in climate change and youth engagement issues. In 2019 she was selected as a Youth Delegate to the G20 and to COY15 and COP25. In 2020, she tried to cross the Atlantic in a sailboat with other young climate activists from her region but had to return halfway through because of COVID-19. She was later part of the organizing team of the Building Bridges for Climate Action project, which aimed to amplify the voices of youth climate activists in the LAC region. Finally, she is currently the Research and Policy Coordinator at the NGO Eco House and a Race To Zero Youth Fellow in Resilience in the COP26 High Level Climate Champions team. https://twitter.com/AzulSchvartzman https://www.instagram.com/pistasazules
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The future is… fossil?

Last month, over 500 Argentinians participated in a public protest against the development of a brand new offshore oil exploration project. The project, developed in collaboration with Norwegian company Equinor, would be the first offshore exploration in Argentina. Environmentalists, alongside local fishermen and those in the tourism industry have come...
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All fires are political

Throughout 2020, more than 1 million hectares of forests and wetlands were burned down in Argentina. According to the National Fire Management Service, 95% of these fires were caused by human activity. In March, the forests in Chubut, a province in the South of Argentina, started burning again. This resulted...