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Vanessa Nakate: Leading Uganda’s climate change movement

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January 7, 2021

She founded the Rise Up Movement, lead Fridays for Future protests, and is demanding climate change education for children in Ugandan schools. Vanessa Nakate has become one of the most prominent African voices on climate change and wants to make sure that African issues are heard on a global stage.

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