Nakeeyat Dramani Sam is a Ghanaian poet and climate activist. At the age of 10, she addressed the Plenary Session of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, as a Youth Ambassador for the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), where she highlighted the urgent issues of loss and damage from climate change and called for immediate action. She continued her advocacy by speaking at the V20 Ministerial Dialogue X in Washington, DC, where she emphasised that ‘It is not too late’ to respond to climate-vulnerable countries’ call to action.
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