Ilyess El Kortbi

El Kortbi grew up in Ukraine and Morocco.^[4] He is a founding member of the Fridays for Future chapter in Kharkiv, Ukraine.^[1] El Kortbi helped found and is the board secretary for Fridays for Future Ukraine.^[5][6]

He was a coordinator of the Ukrainian delegation to the 16th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Youth.^[7]

He protested at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference.^[8]