Angela Busheska

EnRoute

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Busheska founded EnRoute, a non-profit organization and mobile app. The app was designed to combat air pollution and fast fashion by calculating the carbon footprint of daily activities, such as commuting and shopping. It encourages users to choose greener transport options and avoid "greenwashed" fashion brands.^[10]

Under her leadership, EnRoute grew to include over 80,000 users across 120 countries and established a network of student ambassadors globally. By 2022, the platform was credited with helping users offset approximately 180,000 kilograms of carbon emissions.^[10]

Research

Busheska has conducted significant research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and climate adaptation. As a researcher at Microsoft Research, she invented TerraTrace, a system that utilizes satellite imagery, NDVI signatures, and large language models (LLMs) to track land use and deforestation.^[11] The system was designed to help governments and small farmers comply with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).^[9][12]

Beyond her work in climate technology, Busheska has contributed to research in structural health monitoring, using machine learning and thermography to detect cracks in buildings.^[13] She has also explored the intersection of robotics and neuroscience, co-authoring a paper on hybrid brain-computer interfaces (BCI) for robotic device navigation.^[14] Her academic work extends to spatial visualization in virtual reality and applying machine learning for agricultural yield prediction.^[15][16]

Advocacy

Busheska has represented North Macedonia and global youth at major international forums.^[3]

In September 2021, Busheska represented North Macedonia as a youth delegate at the "Youth4Climate: Driving Ambition" event in Milan, where she contributed to the drafting of the Youth Climate Declaration ahead of COP26.^[17][18][19] Following this, in October 2021, she moderated and spoke at the Youth Climate Summit in Skopje, organized by UNICEF and several embassies, where the youth declaration was further discussed.^[20]

In 2022, she was selected to join the Youth Advisory Group of the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) and has addressed the forum as a speaker.^[21] That same year, she partnered with the Nurture Nature Center as an inaugural Proctor Fellow to help activate the Climate Action Plan for Easton, Pennsylvania.^[22] She also serves on the Advisory Board of the climate education non-profit Take Action Global.^[23]

In 2023, she participated in the ActNowFilm, a project showcased at COP28, where she was paired in conversation with climate scientist Emily Shuckburgh.^[24][25]

In August 2025, she was appointed to the expanded third cohort of the United Nations Secretary-General's Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, a group of 14 young leaders advising on global climate strategy.^[9][26] She also served as an LLDC Youth Leader, addressing the 24th Annual Ministerial Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries in September 2025.^[27][28]

Busheska has spoken at high-profile events such as the One Young World Summit in Manchester,^[29] UN Digital Cooperation Day,^[30] and Climate Action Day.^[31] She has also been interviewed by national media outlets in North Macedonia, including Sitel Television and Televizija 24.^[32][33] She was a featured speaker at the International Union for Conservation of Nature Conservation Congress,^[34] and a speaker at the UN Goals Lounge.^[35]

She was an expert consultant through the Youth To The Table partnership between SAP, and We Are Family Foundation.^[36]