Ugandan climate change activist Vanessa Nakate, poses for a portrait photo at her home in Kampala, Uganda August 15, 2020. Picture taken August 15, 2020. REUTERS/Esther Ruth Mbabazi
BUWAMA, Uganda (Reuters) - In a run-down residential compound in Kampala, Vanessa Nakate thrusts her fist in the air as she rallies 30 young demonstrators to defend their planet against climate change.
"What do we want?" she shouts, to a ragged chorus of "climate justice". The youngest protester, two-year-old Manvir Ssozi, sucks his thumb as he flaps a placard that reads: "Money will be ... useless on a dead planet."
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