UNICEF appoints climate activist Vanessa Nakate as Goodwill Ambassador

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: September 19 2022

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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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UNICEF appoints climate activist Vanessa Nakate as Goodwill Ambassador