# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tasneem-essop
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:12:31.767Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tasneem-essop"
name: "Tasneem Essop"
slug: "tasneem-essop"
description: "Tasneem Essop is currently (2009) the executive director of Climate Action Network, the largest global network of over 1,300 civil society organisations, in over 120 countries, fighting the climate crisis. Essop served as a former Provincial Minister of Environment, Planning and Economic Development in the Western Cape and was responsible for the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP) and the Department of Economic Development, as well as the Western Cape Investment and Trade Promotion Agency, Wesgro and the Western Cape Nature Conservation Board, CapeNature."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tasneem_Essop_at_COP26_awards_OXFAM_speech_-_Ray_of_the_Day_award_(504)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           35.92
  momentum:             13.33333333333333
  historical:           4.401836
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Tasneem Essop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasneem_Essop"
    title: "Tasneem Essop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasneem_Essop"
    title: "Tasneem Essop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tasneem_Essop"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tasneem_Essop"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16728865"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump