The Global Opportunity to Accelerate Africa's Sustainable Future | Vanessa Nakate | TED

Climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate sits down with former president of Ireland Mary Robinson for an enlightening, intergenerational conversation about the state of the climate crisis. Nakate paints a picture of life in her home country of Uganda -- which faces prolonged droughts, landslides and flooding stemming from climate change -- and clarifies the need for energy-rich, high-emitting nations to provide climate finance for Africa and accelerate the continent's sustainable future. "We cannot solve the problems that are happening right now with the very system that created them," Nakate says. "We need something new."
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[@iskrazaharieva]

All young people should follow Vanessa's example - it's about their future!

[@JuliaPonomarenko]

A wonderful interview, thank you very much! What else would be nice to hear is the personal story of this brave girl without being interrupted.

[@SuzanaMantovaniCerqueira]

Great interview for a young girl. May she keep inspiring more and more people from her age. And she is quite mature while talking about the topic , dominating and developing very well each question.

[@alimamapapa7538]

Congratulations Vanessa 👏👏👌

[@chelseashurmantine8153]

What an inspiration

[@sukumarmurugan7641]

Inspirational 🏅 Great Successful Wishes 🏅🏆❤️

[@mohammadarifulislammunshi5012]

wonderful! very excellent presenr at situation of Africa...

[@tghamilton1079]

People are suffering from the effects of climate change now. I agree. We have technology now that'll address the issues and provide jobs with living wages. We just lack the will to change and probably won't until we have no choice. Still, this conversation was inspiring. May she succeed magnificently and lead the way.

[@yulang-i3e]

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[@wellbodisalone]

Great interview! It's really inspiring to hear young people share their points of view on these topics.

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video

[@MegaWilderness]

While it is absolutely true that poor people use less energy and water, it is a burgeoning population that creates hunger, poverty the lack of education and wildlife decimation for the simple reason that it becomes unaffordable with more people having their slice of pie reduced. Investment in Africa should be spent on renewables and education above all else. Africans should learn to manufacture their own solar cells and windmills.

[@yulang-i3e]

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[@xermaster123]

Even if we pretend for a minute that capitalism is a fine system, could we change away from it if we wanted to before it's too late? I feel like we are suffering from cultural lock-in. If a group came up with a better way to live, fully planned, thought out could we break free?

[@yulang-i3e]

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[@dawnshire2069]

Very standard conversation. Keep up the good work with climate change.👍

[@Kulukukugulps]

She's cute😍

[@chelseashurmantine8153]

Miss Interrupty

[@theavengers.]

Nicee

[@Fredrich342]

Making money is action. keeping money is behavior. Growing money is knowledge, i have been earning my profits about $13,580 every week.

[@williamsthompson7964]

Money is an issue that everyone has for a better and luxurious life, life was hard for me until I started trading shiba Inu and am now earning $20,000 per week...

[@yulang-i3e]

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[@takielddine9901]

عاشششش

[@Kipperbob]

Climate change isn't the biggest threat facing the world, especially Africa, climate change activism is, a reduction in the production of energy from fossil fuels will result in energy poverty all over the world, people in the north will die of hunger in the dark damp cold, people in the south will die of hunger in the hot searing sun. No heating, no air conditioning no electric light and no industrialisation for poorer regions of the world so that they can catch up economically with western society. The whole world needs sustainable sources of plentiful cheap energy and governments that provide their citizenry with maximum liberty to thrive.

[@terrific804]

Davos, WEF, you will own nothing they will be happy

[@yulang-i3e]

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[@yulang-i3e]

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[@yulang-i3e]

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[@DY2784]

It appears as if the World continuously tries to help Africa, but as it's commonly known, Africans as a whole Community show no interest in helping themselves. I personally have given up on that particular charity sector. Let them continue to reap the benefits of their ignorance, violence and laziness...

[@yulang-i3e]

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[@terrific804]

Bill Gates says give them credit cards....yummy🙈 fees....

[@yulang-i3e]

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[@tomxxdavy6422]

What a joke!!!