Fatou Jeng

Fatou Jeng is a youth climate activist in Gambia, focused on education, conservation and planting trees.[1][2][3] She is internationally recognized as an organizer of youth climate action in the country, including hosting the National Youth Conference on Climate Change,[1][4] country coordinator and global board member for Plant-for-the-Planet,[5][6] and a Friday for Future organizer.[7] She also has served as a moderator, speaker, and resource person for several national and international programs on climate change including COP23 and COP24, the Global Landscapes Forum's 2018 Bonn conference, Action for Climate Empowerment Youth Forum 2018, and more.

Jeng also founded the youth lead and non-profit organization Clean Earth Gambia. The goal of the organization is to create awareness about issues concerning the environment, most importantly climate change. As well as work to teach and train more than 500 school children about climate change as well as environmental issues to local communities.[8]

In 2019, for the first ever UNFCC YOUNGO, the youth delegation to the Climate Negotiations, she was one of thirty people selected.[9] At the United Nations convention she was a driving force for policy submission on gender and climate change as well as the policy operation lead for Women and Gender. Also in 2019, she helped facilitate youth engagement during Africa Climate week.

She was the QTV Youth Dialogue Gambian Youth of the Month in June 2019 for her climate change advocacy,[10] and described by Whatson Gambia as one of the 30 most influential young Gambians.[11]

In 2021, She was recognized as one of the Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders by the African Alliance of YMCAs, the African Wildlife Fund, and a collection of many more international non-profit organizations.

Jeng was a student at the University of the Gambia, and was the first female president of the university's student union.[11][12][13] And is currently studying at the University of Sussex where she is pursuing her master's degree in environment, development, and policy.

References
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  8. "Meet the eight African women shaping the future of the continent". Landscape News. 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
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  11. Saja. "The 30 most influential young Gambians of 2019". www.whatson-gambia.com. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  12. "Gambian Women: Role models for fruitful and equal opportunities | Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK". Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  13. "UTG Elects 1st Female President". The Digest. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
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