OUR MISSION

Climate Cardinals is an international youth-led nonprofit working to make the climate movement more accessible to those who don’t speak English. We aim to educate and empower a diverse coalition of people to tackle the climate crisis. We have over 16,000 volunteers who are translating and sourcing climate information into over 100 different languages with partners like the United Nations. This international movement has reached millions of people across 80+ countries. We have leveraged the power of Artificial Intelligence to translate over 2.8 million words of climate information to date in partnership with Google.

Climate Cardinals is a fiscally sponsored project under Future Incubator.

OUR STORY

Climate Cardinals was first envisioned by Sophia Kianni, who realized the need for climate translation while on a trip to Iran in middle school. Sophia was shocked when she saw that the pollution in Iran was so bad she couldn’t see the stars at night. The more she read online about the climate in the Middle East, the more alarmed she became. The Middle East is currently facing a climate crisis with temperatures in the region rising more than twice the global average. Sophia brought up these concerns to her relatives but was shocked when they informed her that they knew almost nothing about climate change. 

After reading Sophia’s translations, her relatives have become supportive of Iranian environmental defenders and are eager to learn more about climate solutions.

Through her experiences, Sophia has seen that there is more the climate movement can be doing to support individuals such as her relatives. She hopes that other students will join the Climate Cardinals team and translate information so that every person, regardless of the language they speak, can learn about the climate crisis.

DONATIONS

Please use the link below to donate directly to Climate Cardinals.