Licypriya Kangujam will starts the first climate change movement in Angola
- 16 to 22 September 2019 : Luanda, Angola -

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Licypriya Kangujam with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shri Kailash Satyarthi

Licypriya, a 7 years-old Indian schoolgirl who is currently making a global wave is now ready to starts the first climate change movement in the African country of Angola.

She said, “When I search in google about the climate change movement or any name of young climate activist in Angola, I couldn’t find even a single news, any names or concerns by anyone on this biggest global issue in this African country. I will go there and will starts a new movement of climate action with the school children.”

“I will also plants hundreds of trees with the people of Angola during my 8 days visits. Planting trees will be the ultimate solution to fight the climate change”, she added.

It can be noted that Angola is contributing 3.09% of the Green House Gas emissions growth in global index and also already loss over 50% of its forest land and now remaining only 46.40% due to huge population growth. climate change in Angola will potentially impact four key sectors in the country: water resources, agriculture, fisheries, and human health.

Climate variability and change are likely to exacerbate many ongoing challenges as Angola continues to recover from nearly three decades of civil war. Extreme rainfall events and temperature changes are expanding the range and transmission period for disease vectors.

Sea level rise is placing coastal populations (approximately 50 percent of the total population) and infrastructure at risk of inundation and storm surge. Warming oceans combined with overfishing will continue to stress marine resources and threaten coastal livelihoods.

Already food insecure, Angola’s dependence on food imports and small-scale subsistence farming leave it particularly vulnerable to increased temperatures and rainfall variability which can impact crop yields, reduce livestock productivity, and expand the range of agricultural pests.

Licypriya will be traveling to Luanda, the capital City of Angola from 16 to 22 September to attend the UNESCO Partner’s Forum hosting by Government of Angola with UNESCO Headquarter & African Union. She will meet various African political and corporate leaders during the Forum. She will be meeting President of Angola, Cape Verde, Congo, Egypt, Mali, Ethiopia, Namibia & Tanzania as well as UNESCO Director General Ms. Audrey AZOULAY and also Nobel Laureates Mr. Denis MUKWEGE & Mr. Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF during the forum.

She will address her concerns about the environment and climate change to the World leaders and representatives from 196 countries to enact the climate change law in each and every nation to tackle the global climate change issues.

She also will be meeting Ms. Aya CHEBBI, First African Union Youth Envoy, Mr. Moussa Faki MAHAMAT, Chairperson of the African Union Commission; Mr. Akinwumi ADESINA, President of the African Development Bank Group (ADB), Mr. Jean-Paul AGON, President and CEO of the L'Oreal Group and over dozens of various other great personalities of the World during her visits.

On 20th September, she will also participate in the Global Climate Strike in front of the President Office of Angola with her supporters and other fellow young climate activist of the world in support of Ms. Greta Thunberg, Swedish Climate Activist.

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