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Born again Christian- A Christian Environmentalist| Unicef Goodwill Ambassador, Author of A BIGGER PICTURE 📕 | Genesis 1:31

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Vanessa Nakate

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I started a solar and stove project in schools. I believe that if we are united, if we work together, we will be able to transform this world and make it a better place. Help me reach my target of 45,000 CHF at Thank you for your support and generosity

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I remember

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WHO remembers when @AP cut out Uganda Activist Vanessa Nakate of the picture? #BlackLivesMatter

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You didn't just erase a photo You erased a continent But I am stronger than ever

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Anyway my name is Vanessa Nakate Thought I would add that

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“It was a mistake that we realize silenced your voice, and we apologize. We will all work hard to learn from this.” @AP executive editor apologizes to African climate activist for photo crop that removed her from image where she posed with other activists.

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It showed how we are valued. It hurt me a lot. It is the worst thing I have ever seen in my life.”

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A Ugandan Climate Activist Was Cropped Out Of A News Agency Photo Of Greta Thunberg At Davos

Vanessa Nakate told BuzzFeed News she was heartbroken to see websites use a photo featuring four white activists but not her.

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I wish you had added my name

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A climate change activist in Uganda has a request for American voters in the upcoming election: consider the impact their vote will have on the climate

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I am a climate activist from Uganda I am so proud to be an African I am not going to be silenced I am going to speak louder Now is the time for the stories of African activists to be listened to Now is the time to rise up higher than before We can do this together

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Farmers feed the world. Fight for them. Protect them #FarmersProtest

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Everyone saying that I should position myself in the middle is wrong! Does an African activist have to stand in the middle just because of fear of being cropped out? It shouldn't be like this!

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Raise your voice for the farmers #FarmersProtest

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Farmers feed the world. Fight for them. Protect them. Respect them. #FarmersProtest

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Tweet with #FarmersProtest Support the Farmers in India now

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Let us talk about what is happening in India right now #FarmersProtest @LicypriyaK

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Environmentalists for #FarmersProtest

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I am completely disappointed to see young women being abused, trolled and disrespected for speaking about the #FarmersProtest and #IndianFarmersHumanRights Young women will change this world and make it a better place!

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The Amazon burns and the whole world talks about it! California burns and the whole world talks about it! Congo rainforest burns and a young girl talks about it! People are actually dying in Africa But if these news companies don't talk about the fires in Africa,it is sad

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The people united will never be defeated #FarmersProtest

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This is me! Your LONE climate striker from Uganda. I don't choose to be that way but nothing to do about it. I was inspired by @GretaThunberg to start climate strikes in Africa and I am still going. I will introduce something to the climate movement. Hope you like it. Thanks

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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. Protect the FARMERS #FarmersProtest @LicypriyaK

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No Farmers=No Food #FarmersProtest #Farmers @LicypriyaK

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I continue to #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest

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Greta Thunberg

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I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest

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Don't you see what's going on? #FarmersProtest

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People cannot adapt to starvation

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Zimbabwe has declared a state of disaster over a drought that has left over more than 2.5 million people facing hunger. It becomes the third country in southern Africa - after Zambia and Malawi - to declare an emergency.

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🧵 THREAD. Since we are all now talking about the climate crisis, can we talk about how the climate crisis has already been affecting so many people in Africa?

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Share if you can What it means to be removed from a photo!

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Her name is Francesca Amewudah-Rivers

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Tom Holland's 'Romeo & Juliet' Costar Receives Support from Over 800 Black Actors After Receiving Racist Attacks

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Those who suffering the worst impacts of the climate crisis are not responsible for this crisis. This is climate injustice

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Please know Vanessa Nakate for her climate activism And please stop calling her `the cropped out climate activist` It is not her identity and it carries unpleasant memories Thank you

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This is unbelievable

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#Breaking | Delhi Police to file an FIR against Greta Thunberg over tweets on farmers' protests. Details by Priyank Tripathi.

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#GretaThunbergExposed what is happening to Farmers in India right now. Thank you @GretaThunberg for speaking up for the farmers who feed the world. I stand with you in speaking up for them. #WorldSupportsIndianFarmers #FarmersProtest

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Climate change is a race issue Climate change is a gender issue Climate change is a class issue Climate change is a health issue

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I am Vanessa from Africa. I have striked for climate for over a year now with fellow #Africanactivists . I have realised that our cries have not been listened to. It is important to know that #Africanlivesmatter . The #RiseUpMovement is changing that story this year!

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Protect the FARMERS #FarmersProtest @LicypriyaK

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Africa is responsible for only 3% of global emissions.

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Prince William has renewed his attack on population growth in Africa, blaming it for destroying wildlife on the continent Critics have accused the Prince of hypocrisy for making such claims while expecting his third child

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Pakistan is responsible for less than 1 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and yet it is among the top 10 most vulnerable countries to climate change

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Thank you for the 102k followers I appreciate it and its unbelievable Sending hearts

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Honestly. I thank you all for amplifying my activism and for following me. I never imagined making 132k followers. Thank you

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I have been verified! Thank you guys. This is because of you. I am so grateful. Thank you

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School strike for climate

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Listen to the voice of the farmers #FarmersProtest @LicypriyaK

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To the Vice president-elect of the United States @KamalaHarris and the President-elect of the United States @JoeBiden I have written down a few thoughts. I hope you read them

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Just to add something please: Her name is Vanessa Nakate

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The Associated Press news agency has apologized after cropping a Ugandan climate activist from a photograph where she had posed with her white peers after a press conference in Davos, Switzerland.

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Can I reintroduce myself? I am Vanessa Nakate, a climate activist from Uganda. The beginning of activism was never easy for me. I had to go against all the virtues taught in school about how a girl should behave. #InternationalDayoftheGirl #internationalgirlchildday 1

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That doesn't save women who lose lives during climate disasters @Shell

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Shell is changing its name for International Women’s Day, adding an apostrophe and becoming “She’ll” for a day

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Sliced kiwi on a moss plate

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I believe that we need to speak out — to break the silence. I see my task as drawing attention to communities that people may not have heard of, where lives are being upended and lost on a daily basis. I’m on the cover of @TIME Magazine #UprootTheSystem

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After 25 of these COPs, emissions are still rising. Today I told leaders at #COP26 that we don’t believe their pledges and promises. But I beg them to prove us wrong. Watch full speech:

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The Paris Agreement aims to keep temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius—but I want people to understand that a rise of 1.2 degrees Celsius is already hell for me and other people living in Uganda and on the African continent. #schoolstrike4climate #FridaysForFuture

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We cannot drink oil #Earthday #Riseupmovement #EarthDayRiseupmovement

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This is me! I have been striking for #Congorainforest for 66 days now from Uganda. I have not been able to get it to be talked about in the news sadly. So exhausted. Any help is welcome. Please share this on your TL.Thank you Africa fires need to be stopped @GretaThunberg

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Hello 👋 My name is Vanessa Nakate and I have been striking for 59 days in a row to #SaveCongoRainforest Will you please share this #DAY59 @NolanQ13 @Greenpeace @GretaThunberg @xiyebastida @Fridays4future @Fridays4U

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You cannot put the lives of the students at risk! Act now @narendramodi #PostponeNEETJEE_Today #SpeakUpForStudentSafety

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Climate change is a race issue Climate change is a gender issue Climate change is an education issue Climate change is a class issue Climate change is a justice issue Climate change is an ecosystem issue Climate change is an animal issue Climate change is a health issue

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School strike for climate

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It hurts that it happened to me! I have spoken against it because it is wrong! But at least now I know that it won't happen to any other African climate activist! Now is the time to listen to the African voices!

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EXAMS MUST BE POSTPONED #SaveNEETJEEStudents_Modiji #PostponeNEETJEE_Today

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Mr. President @rashtrapatibhvn , This is not the right time to conduct exams for millions of students. LISTEN TO THE SCIENCE. LISTEN TO THE DOCTORS. Africa stands with the students of India 🇮🇳. #JEEFailedPostponeNEET #SupremeCourt_PostponeNEETJEE #SaveStudentsLives

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“Latest IPCC report projects drought will displace 700 million in Africa”- a continent that is responsible for less than 4% of global emissions!

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School strike for climate

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Climate change is no longer a ticking time bomb. It is already exploding.

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I made it to COP25 And Oh My God!!! @GretaThunberg

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Hi. I am Vanessa Nakate from Uganda. I am a climate and environmental activist. This was my first Climate Strike in front of the Parliament of Uganda. I would like to see how many people this picture can reach in the world.❤️

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I have been striking to #savecongorainforest for 15 days now from Uganda. I have not been able to get it to be talked about in the news sadly. Any help is welcome. Today I strike against the 1,000km gas Pipeline that Russia is planning to construct in Congo @GretaThunberg

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Dear @UN HE Secretary General Mr @antonioguterres , Plz SPEAK OUT for #StudentsLivesMatter in India 🇮🇳. Millions of students are forcibly being asked to appear for NEET JEE exams during this peak COVID19 situation. #PostponeNEETJEE_Today #SpeakUpForStudentSafety

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The end of imperialism, colonialism and capitalism will be the beginning of climate justice.

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A black woman has been elected Vice President of the United States.

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Good morning , Do you know that it costs you $0.00 to retweet and like every tweet with #MODIJI_POSTPONEJEENEET

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Someone actually told me to look this up and Oh my God!!

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Another world is necessary. Another world is possible. This is just a glimpse of it.

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I am at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Together with @GretaThunberg , @luisaneubauer and @SumakHelena we wrote an open letter to fossil fuel CEOs. We call on them to end the fossil expansion. Over 850k people have already signed. #ClimateJusticeNow

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People sign onto this letter to CEOs and Heads of State...

Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate, Helena Gualinga and Luisa Neubauer are calling on CEOs and Heads of State to immediately stop the new fossil fuel projects that are destroying our planet. Let's all...

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Look at a bigger picture

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Your silence is affecting us. Please postpone the exams @narendramodi #PostponeNEETJEE_Today #SpeakUpForStudentSafety

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School strike for climate: Week 156

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Watch what happens when I ask Ministers from the world’s richest countries if they will commit to funding Loss and Damage at COP27. #LossandDamage #PayUp4LossAndDamage

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School strike for Climate : Week 57 Kampala, Uganda 🇺🇬

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We cannot stop climate change without stopping imperialism

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Climate change is caused by the people who are the least affected by it.

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Young people realize what's at stake. Young people see the kind of future they are walking into. #Climatejustice @TIME

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“Historically, Africa is responsible for only 3 percent of global emissions. And yet, some Africans are already suffering some of the worst and brutal impacts of climate change.” Vanessa Nakate wants climate justice for Africa

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My dear lovely friends, It is another day to support the movement to save millions of students in India. The students are not in the best condition to do exams. Please postpone @narendramodi @PMOIndia @EduMinOfIndia @DrRPNishank #MODIJI_POSTPONEJEENEET

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I #StandWithDishaRavi You should do the same

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We just need YOUR HELP

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There is no climate justice without climate education

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School strike for climate: Week 129!

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Friends, I wish I could help you more This is really sad ☹️ All I have is a Twitter platform. I hope it can make a contribution Let us keep tweeting as we read as well. Leaders have chosen to stay silent #PostponeNEETJEE_Today #SpeakUpForStudentSafety

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Tsavo National Park in Kenya is on fire. We don't see any media coverage. Alert people about what is happening. It has been burning and these are the animals in danger: the aardwolf, yellow baboon, bat, Cape buffalo, Senegal bushbaby, bushbuck, caracal, African wildcat, THREAD

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I was invited to speak today to world leaders like @JohnKerry @vonderleyen and @peteraltmaier at #BETD21 They screened my speech, cut my time repeatedly and said I couldn’t call out leaders. They censored my voice, so I went off script.

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“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness”. Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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We cannot eat coal, we cannot drink oil!

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This leaves farmers open to being taken advantage of by big corporations - in turn causing pay rates to drop. “Just like the big fish eat small fish, big businesses will eat us up now,” Rakesh Vyas, a farmer told the BBC #FarmersProtests

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This is me! I have been striking for #Congorainforest for 11 days now from Uganda. I have not been able to get it to be talked about in the news sadly. So exhausted. Any help is welcome. Please share this on your TL.Thank you @Greenpeace @350 @GretaThunberg @YOUTHFORFUTURE2

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Most scientists believe we are already nearing 1.3ºC. I want us to just stop here for a moment. Time for a thread 👇🏾👇🏾

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Happy birthday ❤️

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School strike for climate

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Just tell the students if you are postponing the exam or not. This trauma is just too much not knowing what is happening next @narendramodi @PMOIndia @AmitShah #PostponeNEETJEE_Today #SpeakUpForStudentSafety

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Today I make a year in climate activism! My wish is for all of us on this planet to join hands and end the extinction of humanity Week 52 #schoolstrikeforclimate I started a strike to #SaveCongoRainforest It has been going on for 65 days now! @GretaThunberg @Greenpeace

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Today, some of our friends are planning for a protest outside the @UN 🇺🇳 Headquarter, New York at 1 pm EST. All Indians & other global friends living in USA 🇺🇸, Please join @JeromeFosterII . Thank you🙏🏻 #PostponeNEETJEE_Today #SpeakUpForStudentSafetyL

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Uganda strikes for climate! We cannot eat COAL. We cannot drink OIL #FaceTheClimateEmergency #FightClimateInjustice

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I am actually shocked that tweets are being deleted!!! Keep tweeting #SWAMYJI_HELPJEENEET #PostponeJEE_NEETinCOVID

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"For many of us, reducing and avoiding is no longer enough. You cannot adapt to lost cultures, traditions and history. You cannot adapt to starvation. It’s time for leaders to put loss and damage at the center of the climate negotiations.” - My speech at #Youth4Climate #PreCOP26

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