#EarthDay2026 | Youth Leadership Driving Climate Action – Special Interview with Marcele Oliveira

To mark Earth Day 2026, we speak with Marcele Oliveira, a youth climate leader from Brazil working at the intersection of climate education, community organizing, and Global South advocacy. In this conversation, Marcele shares how young people are already shaping climate decisions at every level—and why meaningful progress depends on inclusive, youth-driven leadership. Grounded in Brazil’s realities, she explores how climate education builds agency and how collective action, or “mutirão,” is redefining power in the climate movement. Watch to learn how grassroots leadership connects to global systems change—and why youth voices are essential to the future of climate action. Interview facilitated by EARTHDAY.ORG South America with special thanks to Rodolfo Ropo Beltran, Regional Director, EARTHDAY.ORG South America #EarthDay2026 #OurPowerOurPlanet #YouthClimateAction #ClimateEducation #GlobalSouth #ClimateLeadership