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Wanjira Mathai

Kenyan environmental leader; chair of the Wangari Maathai Foundation

Kenya · b. 1971

Politics and public life

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Kenyan environmental and social-change advocate, and the daughter of Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai. Chairs the Wangari Maathai Foundation and leads Africa and global partnerships work at the World Resources Institute.

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Question What are you most proud of? Identity & self read 102 other answers →

I would like to believe that I have played a role in highlighting the crucial role that youth can play in the transformation of Africa. I would also like to believe that I have played a role in highlighting the central importance of landscape restoration in the continent’s transformation and how we address the climate crisis. I have continued to be a climate action champion, especially climate adaptation.

Recorded Raphael Obonyo, Interview for Africa Renewal, Africa Renewal (United Nations), March 2021 source ↗

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