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Kenyan climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti joins youth voices at COP26

The 26-year-old climate activist from Kenya founded the Green Generation Initiative, a group that helps young people become environmentally conscious through growing trees.
Kenyan climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti speaks during the opening ceremony of the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. (Alberto Pezzali/AP)

Young people from around the world are at this week’s global climate summit in Glasgow to advocate for urgent solutions to address the climate change emergency.

One climate activist at COP26 is Elizabeth Wathuti, a 26-year-old from Kenya who founded the Green Generation Initiative, a group that helps young people become environmentally conscious through growing trees. Wathuti spoke in front of COP26 leaders

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