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Axios: “Youth-led climate group gets a boost from Google's philanthropic arm”
4/23/2024
Google's philanthropic arm is making one of its first rounds of funding for a youth-led climate organization to Climate Cardinals…
Forbes: “Climate Cardinals Plans To Double Its Science Translation Efforts With New Google Backing”
4/22/2024
Climate Cardinals is a youth-led nonprofit that’s accomplished quite a bit with almost no funding: translating 2 million words in four years to make scientific literature more accessible to non-English speakers…
LA Times High School Insider: “Changemakers: Nonprofit Climate Cardinals aims to change the narrative on climate awareness”
2/22/2024
In an era where climate change poses a global threat, there is a stark disparity in global awareness and education regarding its severity and actionable solutions. Climate Cardinals, a nonprofit venture founded by Sophia Kianni, aims at bridging language barriers in climate education…
DU Clarion: “Sophia Kianni aims to combat climate change”
9/18/2023
Based in McLean, Virginia, Sophia Kianni is a transformational entrepreneur and activist studying technology and society, whose work focuses on climate change policy at Stanford. Kianni spent last year with the Stanford Climate Ventures cohort, which is related to her work to resolve the climate crisis…
IAA MOBILITY: “Sophia Kianni: Founder of a climate protection organization”
9/3/2023
Sophia Kianni has a mission: She wants to educate people around the world about climate change - especially in regions that are often particularly affected and where access to information is particularly difficult…
Newsweek: “Sophia Kianni Is Spreading the Word on Climate Change, 100 Ways”
8/18/2023
At 21, Sophia Kianni has already packed in more experiences than many people have in a lifetime, all with a singular goal: to help educate people around the world about climate change…
Axios: “AI is shattering climate language barriers”
6/6/2023
Over 500,000 words from climate change resources have been translated from English into dozens of languages, thanks to the combined forces of a global network of volunteers and one AI-powered model…
The Major Group for Children and Youth: “Open Letter Powered By Youth. To World Leaders. #ForNature”
11/8/2021
The Climate Cardinals, an international non-profit led by the youngest member of the Secretary General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate, Sophia Kianni, is working to translate climate change research and information…
UNICEF: “The Climate Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis”
8/19/21
Additional translations of the Executive Summary are available in the following languages, with thanks to Climate Cardinals: Hausa, Portuguese, Somali, Swahili, Yoruba…
Youth to the People: “How to Talk to Your Non-English Speaking Relatives About Climate Change”
12/23/20
In 2012, researchers concluded that most scientific papers are published in English and in 2016, a University of Cambridge study found that languages are still a significant barrier to the global transfer of scientific knowledge…
VICE: “The Activist Translating Climate Crisis Information Across the Globe”
12/18/20
Kianni said being Iranian-American, and growing up in a science-centric home, inspired her to first look at the Middle East’s climate crisis. The young activist explained how the region’s environmental needs and the population’s lack of information on climate issues are at stark odds with each other…
UN Environment Programme: “Youth band together to demands leaders take action #ForNature”
9/29/20
The Climate Cardinals, an international non-profit led by the youngest member of the Secretary General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate, Sophia Kianni, is working to translate climate change research and information…
Cosmopolitan: “Meet Sophia Kianni, the Irani-American climate activist who is trying to change the world”
9/28/20
Sophia Kianni is an Irani-American climate activist who is seriously changing the world. Her non-profit organization Climate Cardinals works to translate vital climate change educational resources into over 100 languages whilst being the youngest person to join the UN Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change…
Refinery29: “The Gen Z's Radical, Virtual Quest To Save The Planet”
9/25/20
I first got into climate activism in sixth grade. My dad and I have a tradition of stargazing together. He’s super into astronomy, and we’d go out every night when I was little and he’d talk to me about the different constellations...
Food Tank: “36 Organizations Helping Solve the Climate Crisis”
9/25/20
With the belief that every person has the right to basic environmental education, Climate Cardinals’ mission is to translate climate information into the native language of those who don’t speak English…
Fashionista: “For the sustainable fashion movement to scale, climate informatino needs to be available in more languages”
9/3/20
Now imagine that none of the information that's helped inform your current outlook was available in your language(s)…
Forbes: “Climate Cardinals Website Enlists Students To Translate Climate Change Information, Earn Community Service Hours”
5/26/20
Sophia Kianni, who launched a Climate Cardinals website over Memorial Day weekend, just didn’t realize how much of a niche the site would be filling. In less than a day, she’s already seen more than 1,100 young people sign up to become translators…
Business Insider: “The Class Of 2020 On What It’s Like To Face Down Crumbing Colleges, A Frozen Job Market, And COVID-19 Disrupting Your Entry Into Adulthood”
5/22/20
Ask 18-year-old Sophia Kianni, a climate activist recently in the pages of The Washington Post, Refinery29, and Teen Vogue...
Forbes: “Youth Activist Uses Quarantine To Start Nonprofit That Translates Climate Change Information Form English To Other Languages”
5/12/20
Sophia Kianni is 18 years old and has already accomplished quite a lot while being cooped up at home to help fight the spread of coronavirus...
MTV: “Earth Day Has Passed. Now What?”
4/30/20
During the breaks between my own Earth Day schedule and tasks, I scrolled through Instagram, where my friends were posting inspirational messages like “save the earth” and “we need to protect our home,” alongside vacation photos and travel inspiration…
Refinery29: “What It’s Really Like To Be A Climate Change Activist In Quarantine”
4/22/20
I finally have my call with my Climate Cardinals team! Without the extra time I’ve gotten during quarantine, I wouldn’t have been able to make this project a reality…
The Washington Post: “Their schools and streets empty, teen climate activists find new ways to strike”
4/10/20
Her inspiration came from years spent translating English-language articles on global warming into Farsi for her Iranian relatives...
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