Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Vanessa Nakate

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Vanessa Nakate Vanessa Nakate is founder of the Rise Up climate movement and the Vash Green Schools Project, which aims to install solar panels on all of Uganda's 24,000 schools. She has spearheaded the Save Congo Rainforest campaign. The United Nations named her a Young Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals in 2020, and Time magazine named her to its Time 100 Next list in 2021. She lives in Kampala, Uganda.

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