# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-njuguna
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:00:14.722Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-njuguna"
name: "Eric Njuguna"
slug: "eric-njuguna"
description: "Eric Damien Njūgūna is a climate activist from Kenya. Njūgūna started their climate activism in 2017 after severe droughts in Nairobi impacted their school's water supply. by organizing with the group Zero Hour and then Fridays for Future Kenya. In August 2021, Njūgūna co-authored an essay with Greta Thunberg, Adriana Calderón, and Farzana Faruk Jhumu that was published in The New York Times. Their co-authored essay highlighted a 2021 UNICEF report that stated 2.2 billion children are at \"extremely high-risk\" of experiencing the consequences of climate change. Later in 2021, Njūgūna attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) and represented Fridays for Future Kenya. At COP26, Njūgūna, alongside Vanessa Nakate and Elizabeth Wathuti, met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss climate change."
tagline: "Youth climate activist from Kenya"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "2003"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "EricDNjuguna"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ericdnjuguna/"
    handle:    "ericdnjuguna"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump