Three Puerto Rican climate champions join the 100 Latinos leading on climate action

Three Puerto Ricans have been named to the 2026 list of the 100 Latinos Most Committed to Climate Action, an initiative led by the environmental nonprofit Sachamama with Spanish news agency EFE. Steffanie Munguía, a researcher who runs avian conservation programmes at Zoo Miami, protects Caribbean wildlife; 'Tito' Varela-Vélez of Surfrider Foundation Puerto Rico rallies communities to defend the island's northeast coast; and Raimundo Espinoza, through Conservación ConCiencia, removes abandoned fishing gear, monitors coasts with fishing communities and restores coral reefs. Islanders on the front line of a changing climate, doing the work themselves.

SDG 13 · Climate action — Mechanism: individual leader