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Licypriya Kangujam
Indian climate activist (born 2011) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Licypriya Kangujam (Meitei language: ꯂꯤꯁꯤꯄ꯭ꯔꯤꯌꯥ ꯀꯥꯡꯉꯨꯖꯝ, IPA: [lisipɾija kaŋŋud͡ʒɐm]; born 2 October 2011) is a child environmental activist from India.[2] One of the youngest climate activists globally, she addressed world leaders at the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain, asking them to take immediate climate action. Licypriya has been campaigning for climate action in India since 2018, to pass new laws to curb India's high pollution levels, and to make climate-change literacy mandatory in schools.[3][4][5][6][7] She has been regarded as India's Greta Thunberg, though she does not like the usage of this term.[8]
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![]() Licypriya Kangujam at the United Nations Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand on 5 September 2019. | |
Born | Licypriya Kangujam (2011-10-02) 2 October 2011 (age 12) |
Occupation(s) | Student, environmental activist |
Years active | 2018–present |
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Relatives | Chinglensana Kangujam (uncle) |
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Recorded on 6 February 2020 from the BBC Radio World Service Program - How I became an 8-year-old climate activist in London, UK. BBC - OS[1] |
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Licypriya started advocating against climate change in July 2018.[9] On 21 June 2019, inspired by Greta Thunberg, Licypriya started spending a week outside the Indian parliament House to draw the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pass a climate change law in India.[10][11][12][13]