At the Barranquilla+20 Foundation, we have been promoting climate action processes since 2012.
led by youth, leaders, and communities committed to the
transformation of land in Colombia and Latin America.
We are a youth-led, feminist non-governmental organization working alongside rural communities, Afro-descendant and Indigenous peoples, coastal territories, young people, and women — promoting equity, civic participation, environmental education, and community leadership.
Over more than a decade of work, we have developed emblematic initiatives such as MallorquínVIVE and Low Carbon Schools, led global advocacy efforts, and engaged in key international processes including COP16, COP27, and COP30.
We are agents of change, advocates for life — convinced that communities are at the heart of transformation.
(ED), a legal certification that confirms that we operate with the same standards of
a 501(c)(3) of EE. UU., reaffirming our role as a reliable ally
in climate action and gender justice at the international level
We advance climate justice through the defense of water, the protection of biodiversity, and the strengthening of local knowledge systems, with a clear focus on the leadership of women, youth, and children.
We work alongside women leaders and communities to foster intergenerational equity, gender equality, and territorial advocacy, contributing to the transition toward resilient, low-emission territories.
We build national and international partnerships to amplify transformative actions that integrate environmental sustainability, social justice, and women’s rights.
To contribute, alongside international networks, to the structural transformation of development models toward just, regenerative, and climate-equitable systems, where women, youth, and communities meaningfully influence global environmental governance.
where women, youth, and communities meaningfully influence global environmental governance.
Our values guide every decision, partnership, and action we undertake.
Climate Justice
We address the structural drivers of the climate crisis by integrating social equity, water protection, and biodiversity conservation.
Women’s Leadership and Equality
We recognize and strengthen the role of women as key agents of environmental and social transformation.
Intergenerational equity
We defend the right of present and future generations to a healthy environment and responsible decisions today.
Collective action
We believe in the power of alliances, networks, and collaboration to achieve lasting change.
Integrity and Ethics
We act with transparency, responsibility, and accountability toward territories and communities.
Care for Life
We understand the nature not as a resource, but as a basis of life, and to promote its protection and regeneration.
At the Barranquilla+20 Foundation, we believe that climate justice begins at the local level. Since 2012, under the leadership of Xiomara Acevedo, we have worked with women, youth, children, communities, Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities, and coastal communities, promoting leadership, equity, environmental education, and social mobilization.
Initiatives such as MallorquínVIVE, Low Carbon Schools, and the Women’s Summits for Climate Justice, along with our engagement in global processes including COP16, COP27, and COP30, have positioned Barranquilla+20 as a pioneering and leading organization in Colombia and Latin America on climate change, biodiversity, water, and territorial justice.
Our commitment is to the defense of life in all its forms, the protection of territories, and the strengthening of the communities that inhabit them. We work to confront the structural causes of the climate crisis while promoting environmental justice, social equity, and gender equality.
We are an interdisciplinary team bringing together diverse knowledge, experiences, and professional trajectories in service of climate justice and the defense of territories.
Our work integrates expertise in law, international relations, design, environmental and forest engineering, international business, communications, and anthropology to strengthen community-led processes and public advocacy efforts.
Each role contributes to a shared vision, where collaboration, women’s leadership, and a deep commitment to territories guide our actions toward sustainable transformations.
Internationalist, a specialist in climate change and cities, and a master's in climate change research, sustainability and development. Currently a student of master's degree in leadership and conservation at the University of Cambridge. Founder and director of Barranquilla,+20, is passionate about climate action, biodiversity management, and water in cities and rural environments. With 9 years of work experience and entrepreneurial, social and environmental. It's part of the steering committee of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network and One Young World.
Social communicator with emphasis in digital media, photographer, and creative audio-visual. Passionate about telling stories that connect climate action, the art and the community and collective. From the communication, promotes narratives that visibilizan processes of youth leadership, climate justice and ecological restoration in the territories.
Responsible for the audiovisual area of Foundation Barranquilla+20. Integrates photography, video, and the management of networks for the communication of the various initiatives of territorial and regional organization. It has a digital environment where mixing everyday life and art.
Social networks and Design
Graphic and Multimedia Designer. I enjoy generating new ideas and concepts, and developing creative and innovative solutions. In addition to my work as a graphic and multimedia designer, I have a great passion for communication, which has led me to work as a writer and editor for traditional media outlets. I love working with communities to support their social, educational, and cultural development. I have worked in educational institutions in isolated areas of the Nariño department, such as Tumaco, Pupiales, La Cruz, El Tambo, and Olaya Herrera, among others, using design as a strategy for social innovation to facilitate and promote improved living conditions for the population.
Is a graphic designer, writer, creator of Wind Design, and is recognized as an artist–craftsman, combining digital and manual. I like to take pictures and create pieces that capture the essence of what surrounds it, either through images, words, or objects.
His work is part of the curiosity and creativity, exploring different forms of expression, not limited to a single discipline.
In the Foundation Barranquilla+20 provides from the design and visual communication, supporting the way in which the projects, the people and the initiatives of the Foundation are presented and communicated.
An environmental engineer with professional experience in solid waste management, circular economy and basic sanitation. Supports Barranquilla+20 as a formulation of projects. Committed to environmental education and outreach to promote a sustainable society and to solve problems of socio-environmental.
Technical Coordinator - Mallorquin Vive
I studied Biology driven by a desire to contribute to nature conservation. Over time, I came to understand that protecting biodiversity also means working hand in hand with communities. Therefore, I combine a scientific approach with a social conscience, convinced that human partnerships make true conservation achievements possible.
Professional in Public Accounting with 10 years of experience in the area of administrative and accounting officer of the NGO, I have stood by my ability to draw and create systems of internal control, manuals of procedures and good management of human resources. My professional career includes positions as a professional, coordinator, and advisor to administrative and financial, where I have managed to make great contributions to my experience for the business growth.
Social issues and Inequalities
Sociology student at the University of the Atlantic. Interested in social and environmental inequalities.
Atlantic Environmental Movement (AMA)
I am a black woman, young and sociologist, committed to the defence of human rights, especially sexual and reproductive rights, social justice and community work from the territories. My experience has been built on processes of formation, social facilitation and support community with young people and women, mainly in contexts where the access rights continues to be crossed by multiple barriers.
Work from an approach to feminist, anti-racist and territorial, backing to the popular education as a tool of social transformation, strengthening the autonomy and informed decision-making. I have been involved in the design and development of workshops, pedagogical materials, and routes of access to rights such as the right to Voluntary termination of Pregnancy (VTP), coordinating efforts with social organizations, citizen groups, citizen initiatives and feminist.
I believe in the collective processes, in care as a political practice, and the importance of building safe spaces, sensitive and contextualized, that recognize the realities, knowledge and strengths of the communities. My work part of the territory, of listening and of the conviction that social change is built from the everyday and the community.
Contributor and volunteer production team of Caravan Territorial Atlantic.
Afro-Caribbean, lawyer by profession, human rights defender, decolonial, community and anti-racist eco-feminist, founding partner and legal representative at Fundación Matronas, activist in the Atlantic Feminist Bloc, militant of the first women's movement Estamos Listas Colombia.
Collaborator in the Atlantic Caravan and volunteer of the Barranquilla +20 Foundation.
Social activist and sociologist, specialist in Social Program Management with a focus on municipal affairs, and Master in Social Development Projects, with experience in both the public and private sectors. Methodological advisor and researcher. Extensive experience in social work with vulnerable populations and various types and forms of violence. Provides consulting, technical assistance, support, and training to civil society organizations. This includes programs promoting coexistence and citizen security from a holistic perspective. Support and guidance for women victims of gender-based violence within the community-based project "Barranquilla Safe City for Women."
Environmental engineer - Carbon Footprint and Water Footprint
Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences with emphasis in Environmental Education, Specialist in Environmental Management, Master in Environmental Engineering and Technology, Master in Education with emphasis in Interculturality and PhD candidate in Education. 14 years of experience in research, teaching and environmental education.
