
Elizabeth Wathuti - Climate Star from Kenya
Climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti from Kenya discusses the impacts of climate change in Africa and her work mobilizing young people for climate action.
Elizabeth Wathuti is a Kenyan climate activist and founder of the Green Generation Initiative (GGI), one of the fastest-growing youth-led climate organisations in Africa, focused on ecosystem restoration and climate education in Kenyan schools and communities. Her opening address at the COP26 World Leaders Summit in Glasgow in 2021 went viral and moved more than 100 heads of state; she has since become one of the most prominent African voices in global climate politics. In 2025, Time Magazine named her among the world's 100 most influential climate leaders, and she serves as a Commissioner on the Global Commission on the Economics of Water.
With support from the Scottish government, Wathuti expands the ANGLE program (Africa's Next Green Leaders Accelerator), which helps young Africans develop climate solutions.
Time Magazine included Wathuti on its list of the world's 100 most influential climate advocates in 2025, and she was honored at a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.
GGI's school program reached 292 schools in 13 Kenyan counties in 2025 and planted over 201,000 trees.
Wathuti participated in the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November 2024 as a representative of African youth leadership.
GGI establishes a fruit tree nursery with the capacity to produce 1 million seedlings per year.
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