They told me to get married, shun 'climate justice'

Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate walks along the shore of Lake Victoria on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda, December 6, 2021. [AP photo]

Vanessa Nakate, is a self-taught climate justice activist and author of The Bigger Picture. At 25, the Ugandan says I am "finding myself in places where society doesn't expect me to be."

She is this year's Global Goals Campaign Award winner by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Goalkeepers for her efforts in climate change.