Licypriya Devi Kangujam

Licypriya is an 11-year-old Indian climate activist. She has been championing her cause since six years old to protect, preserve and nurture our environment by fighting climate change. She is one of the youngest climate activists globally and addressed the world leaders at the United Nations Climate Conference 2019 (COP25) in Madrid, Spain calling the world leaders to take immediate climate actions to save their future.

She is a World Children Peace Prize Laureate 2019, Rising Star of Earth Day 2019 and the recipient of the Global Child Prodigy Award 2020, International Women’s Day Award 2021 by the Delhi Government, and won the prestigious TN Khushoo Memorial Award in 2020.

Having spoken in over 400 institutions and other platforms in over 32 countries advocating for adults about the threat of climate change as a part of her movement, Licypriya has featured amongst the “50 powerful voices of the World in 2020” along with His Holiness Pope Francis to celebrate Earth Day 2020 and is the youngest speaker in United Nations history.

One action Licypriya would like everyone to take:

“I want people, especially children, to take positive action on their own individual level because I am a child who strongly believes that all the children of the world can lead the change. Each and every child living in this country, and living in this world are already the victims of climate change. That’s why I am fighting for our planet and our future. All our little things can make a huge difference.”

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