Draft:Climate Cardinals

Climate Cardinals is an international non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing environmental accessibility. The organization uses a volunteer base to translate climate information into various languages. As of 2023, the organization has attracted volunteers in 80 countries and has translated over 1.5 million words of climate information into 100 languages.

History
Established in 2020, Climate Cardinals originated when its founder, Sophia Kianni, embarked on a visit to her family in Iran. During her stay, she observed a lack of accessible climate information among her relatives, particularly regarding the pollution issues in Tehran. Recognizing this gap, Kianni, along with a group of high school students, initiated Climate Cardinals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Climate Cardinals website was launched during Memorial Day weekend in 2020. A TikTok post about the organization, published concurrently by Kianni's friend, gained widespread attention, accumulating over 100,000 views.

In 2021, Climate Cardinals collaborated with UNICEF to translate the Children's Climate Risk Index into the Hausa, Portuguese, Somali, Swahili, and Yoruba languages. In the same year, Climate Cardinals partnered with the Italian government to translate the Youth4Climate Manifesto into the 6 UN languages for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

In 2024, Climate Cardinals launched its chapters program, supporting individual chapters of the organization in high schools and universities.

In 2023, Climate Cardinals established a partnership with Yale Climate Connections, contributing translations of their climate articles into Spanish.

In 2024, Climate Cardinals became one of the first youth-led non-profits to receive funding from Google.org. The philanthropic arm of Google donated $400,000 to the organization.

Google Cloud Partnership
In 2023, Climate Cardinals formed a partnership with Google Cloud. Through this collaboration, Google Cloud employees granted Climate Cardinals access to their AI-powered Translation Hub, enabling the organization to enhance its translation capacity and generate 800,000 words within three months..

Awards
In 2020, Climate Cardinals received recognition as a finalist for the On a Shoestring and Accessibility categories at the 5th Annual Shorty Social Good Awards hosted by Shorty Awards.