Uganda’s First Fridays for Future Climate Striker, Vanessa Nakate, Joins COP25 Protests in Madrid

As we broadcast from the U.N. climate summit in Madrid, Spain, we speak with climate activist Vanessa Nakate, who was Uganda’s first Fridays for Future climate striker. “I wanted to do something that would cause change to the lives of the people in my community and my country,” she says. “My country heavily depends on agriculture, therefore most of the people depend on agriculture. If our farms are destroyed by floods, if the farms are destroyed by droughts and crop production is less, that means that the price of food is going to go high. So it will only be the most privileged who will be able to buy food.”

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Ms. Vanessa Nakate was excellent in this interview and I hope that she can bring change to her country and its awesome to see someone is taking a stand about climate change in Africa. This is freaking awesome, but change has to come and help needs to be given. Ms. Nakate is awesome and everyone in her country and around the world should support her and her cause just like Greta Thunberg. Awesome Interview.

[Souljahna]

Good work Vanessa. Keep up the fight and good luck to you. Uganda needs your voice.

[shivamazon]

💓🎺UGANDA
thank you for an exelente interjuw.
many difficult question to answer. She is good to lissen to. 🎄

[stuartreed]

Thanks for interviewing Vanessa! FYI to those reading you can find her on Twitter @vanessa_vash

[mysticonthehill]

My heart goes out to the communities at the forefront of the climate disaster. In this very unequal struggle we are lucky having people as eloquent and compassionate as Vanessa.

[expeditioncalypsowind]

She is a Rock Star for Africa, Uganda, the World !

[ObjectTurmoil]

Carry on young lady. Skys are the limit! Teach them especially those greedy politicians who authorise activities on environmental installations.

[alyshachannel]

Uganda had this very important person and nobody knows about her not to talk of her voice not being given the attention it really deserves, we very proud of you fly high

[chosenone]

Ug all day baby. Shout out Vanessa we are proud of you

[mariaeichner]

Thank you for your very imoprtant engagement!

[Zerpentsa]

AP will be protesting that she is shown.

[derengel]

💚 IOTA 💚 Don't ask what the world can do for you, ask yourself what you can do to leave the lowest possible carbon footprint for the world and our descendants. No miners, no greedy auditors, no broadcasting costs, no avoidable fees, etc. The world needs everyone to rethink, for the benefit of the entire world with its inhabitants, the future world, nature, people and our descendants need 💚 IOTA 💚

[kmedward]

She was just cropped out of a press photo in Davos

[pepepene]

She is worried about the future of her country but wouldn't talk about all the Western companies extracting minerals from Uganda. Smart business move

[aryastark]

We need *Proportional Representation* voting systems for any chance of governments to begin taking us seriously. and direct democracy.

[pepepene]

Smart business move! She saw the opportunity to make some good money

[rwibasirawatom]

Which democracy they cropped your photo from a group photo which they posted what does it mean .

[lovesurvives]

This woman is from Uganda, she has a Ugandan ascent but Nakate is really not her name, she needs to use her tribal name!!!

[kelvinpeterson]

Claims racism, Uganda literally kicked out 80000 indians

[Notrocketscience]

To many babies! The population in Africa will increase by 1, 000, 000, 000 in the next 35 years and yet not one person dares to ask why Africans seem to care less about bringing big families into the world they won't take care of.