Vanessa Nakate

Ugandan climate change activist · Uganda · On the map · Business Professionals · Born 1996 · age 29

Vanessa Nakate is an Ugandan climate justice activist. She gained international recognition for her climate activism in Uganda, where she began a solitary climate strike in January 2019.

Vanessa Nakate is read about 56 times a day, in 37 languages.

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2022“I’ve always said that climate change is more than statistics, it’s more than weather, but in Turkana I really got to understand those words.”In their words"‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight." (2022)Read the whole statement

“Having dominion over the Earth is about responsibility and service to the planet and its people, because God is not a God of waste and exploitation.”In their words"‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight." (2022)Read the whole statement

“It hasn’t rained for two years.”In their words"‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight." (2022)Read the whole statement

“Africa is on the frontlines of the climate crisis but it’s not on the front pages of the world’s newspapers.”In their words"‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight." (2022)Read the whole statement

“We can only better take care of the planet when we are also doing well.”In their words"‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight." (2022)Read the whole statement

“You cannot adapt to lost cultures. You cannot adapt to lost traditions. You cannot adapt to extinction.”In their words"‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight." (2022)Read the whole statement

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Conference on Loss and Damage in Scotland October 2022. From left to right: Vanessa Nakate, Nicola Sturgeon and Elizabeth Wathyti.

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Vanessa Nakate

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Many people are calling it an African COP but it won’t be an African COP if the communities, the activists are not there.
2022 · "‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight." (2022), Own words
It’s people and stories like this we really need to listen to.
2022 · "‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight." (2022), Own words
There are people who are looking for answers to a question that needs to be answered through much needed reparations and responsibility from the global north.
2022 · "‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight." (2022), Own words