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Vanessa Nakate

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Ugandan climate change activist

Business ProfessionalsBorn 1996 · age 29
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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.

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Vanessa Nakate
said · 2022
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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.

"‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight." (2022)

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Vanessa Nakate
said · 2022
Own words

Many people are calling it an African COP but it won’t be an African COP if the communities, the activists are not there.

"‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight." (2022)

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Vanessa Nakate
said · 2022
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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.

"‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight." (2022)

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2022Helmut-Schmidt-Zukunftspreis
2020BBC 100 Women

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Dates
Born 1996 · age 29
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