Ivonne Yanez

Ivonne Yanez is a founding member and current president of Acción Ecológica, one of the most well-known and respected climate justice organizations in Latin America and also Oilwatch, an oil activities resistance network. Ivonne works on energy, climate change and, more recently, environmental services. She has been an active promoter of the Keep the Oil in the Soil campaign for many years, with Yasuni as the emblematic case.

Acción Ecologica has been an ecumenical partner since before the creation of KAIROS, dating back to the Jubilee Campaign where Acción Ecologica led the call for recognition of ecological debt of the North to the South.