Gambian Climate Activist to Advise UN Boss on Climate Crisis
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Gambian climate campaigner Fatou Jeng is among seven youth leaders appointed to advise the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on speeding up action on global climate change.
Fatou is part of the new cohort of the Secretary General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change which will serve for the next two years. She was selected from a pool of candidates nominated by youth- and climate-focused non-governmental and civil society organizations worldwide.
Fatou founded Clean Earth Gambia, a youth-led, local climate organization that has mobilized thousands of Gambian youth to help marginalized and vulnerable communities build resilience to climate change. She is also a member of the African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) where she s...