Vanessa Nakate: The human face of climate change Western leaders are missing

Nakate at last year's UN Climate Summit in Scotland leading a 'Show US The Money' protest pushing to make heavily polluting rich nations compensate poor countries for the environmental damage done to them. The young activist says non-Western voices tend to be ignored in blobal conversations about the climate crisis. — AP

Vanessa Nakate's climate activism over the past three years has propelled her onto the world stage.

Since 2019, Nakate has worked to amplify the voices of African climate activists through a platform she created called Rise Up Movement, spearheaded an initiative to stop the deforestation of African rainforests and launched the Vash Greens Schools Project, which aims to install solar panels in remote areas of her home country, Uganda.