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UNICEF appoints climate activist Vanessa Nakate as Goodwill Ambassador
Published on 19 Sep 2022
- 25-year-old Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has been appointed as the newest UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
- Inspired by Sweden's Greta Thunberg, Nakate began her climate action in 2019 and has since founded the Rise Up Movement and addressed global climate summits.
- In 2020 she came to further global prominence when she was cropped out of a news photo she appeared in alongside Thunberg and other white climate activists.
- She has addressed world leaders at the COP25 and COP26 climate summits and appeared on the cover of TIME magazine.
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