About me
João Camargo is a climate researcher from ISCTE-IUL and a climate justice activist in Climáximo, originally from Lisbon. He started his professional career as a journalist and graduated as an animal scientist and environmental engineer, In 2020 João obtained a PhD in Climate Change from the University of Lisbon. He is the author of several books about Climate Change, Forest Fires and future Utopias. He has published hundreds of articles and scientific papers in mainstream media and peer-reviewed magazines. Last year he moved to Brussels to work as Campaigner and Researcher on Agribusiness at Corporate Europe Observatory, where he stayed until September.
He is a trainer with organisers collective Fermento and international communications hub RipplEffect and is currently working for German independent MEP Carola Rackete as Comms and Press Officer.