NPC Newsmaker: Vanessa Nakate, Climate Activist and UN Goodwill Ambassador
Oct 7 2022
WHEN:
Oct 7, 2022 at 10:00am
WHERE:
Fourth Estate Room
CONTACT INFO:
Kate Helster
MORE INFO:
NPC Newsmaker
This event is open only to NPC members & credentialed press
Climate activist and UN Goodwill Ambassador Vanessa Nakate will address the need for the world's biggest polluters to compensate victims of climate change at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference on Friday, Oct. 7 at 10 a.m.
UN climate negotiators have sought unsuccessfully to win "loss and damage" compensation for countries most affected by flooding and other disasters wrought by climate change from countries that are the biggest greenhouse gas contributors.
Nakate, inspired by Greta Thunberg, is Uganda's first youth climate striker. She went on to found the Rise Up Movement, an organization of young people who protest for climate action across Africa. Nakate addressed the UN General Assembly in September.
Remarks from Nakate will be followed by a question-and-answer session. To submit a question via email, put CLIMATE in the subject line and email to [email protected].
This Headliners event is open to credentialed media and club members, but registration. This event is both in-person and viewable via livestream on the club’s website at www.press.org.