Vanessa Nakate

Vanessa Nakate

Vanessa Nakate is a Ugandan climate justice activist and UNICEF goodwill ambassador. Inspired by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, she was Uganda's first youth climate striker, and went on to found the Rise Up Movement — a movement of young people protesting for climate action across Africa. She now campaigns internationally to highlight the impacts of climate change already playing out on the continent. She is the author of A Bigger Picture.

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Members of Cristo Rey Parish prepare before the Parliament of the World's Religions Parade of Faiths on Sunday, Aug. 13, in Chicago. (AP/Paul Beaty)

For God's sake, justice: A message to the Parliament of the World's Religions

As the Parliament of the World's Religions convenes in Chicago this week, Ugandan youth climate activist Vanessa Nakate says: "What message do I expect from the delegates at the Parliament? One word: justice."

Vanessa Nakate of Uganda, left, participates in a Fridays for Future protest at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit while holding a sign that says "pay for loss and damage."

Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate on what Pope Francis has given to climate change fight

On climate change and environmental advocacy, Pope Francis has taken a disruptive approach where others might have stayed quiet.

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