Kaossara Sani
Kaossara Sani | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Togo |
| Occupation(s) | climate and peace activist |
| Website | https://kaossarasani.com/ |
Kaossara Sani is a Togolese environmentalist, writer and sociologist who lives in Lomé, Togo.[1] She is the founder of Africa Optimism and co-founder as well as the Executive Director of the Act on Sahel Movement.[2]
Early life
[edit]Kaossara Sani was born in Burkina Faso before moving to Togo at the age of nine years old. She grew up in Lomé.[1] She lives with her mother and two brothers.[3]
Activism
[edit]She found Africa Optimism which is a movement that works on publicizing the solution of climate and environmental problem with education.[4] She is also a co-founder of Act On Sahel Movement which raises money to pay for seeds and fertilizer for farmers in the Sahel region of Africa.[5] The organization also raises money to buy sanitary products and provide access to clean water and renewable energy.[6]
Her activism was further recognized when she sent a manifesto to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference stating that the cost for traveling to Glasgow would be better used to build a borehole to provide clean water to the people of Togo. In her manifesto, she also reminds the wealthy nations of their "broken promise" to provide $100 billion annually in climate finance for developing countries till the end of 2020 which was continued to 2025 on 2015. She also urged the wealthy nations to deliver climate finance to the 46 least developed countries and to invest in weather and climate change research through building weather stations.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kaossara Sani Urges: "Climate Justice Now! Stop Talking, Take Action!"". www.fao.org. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ "Kaossara Sani – Akina Mama wa Afrika". Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ Andreoli, Josephine (13 November 2021). "Klimaaktivistin Kaossara Sani aus Togo kämpft für das 1,5 Grad-Ziel". watson.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ Carlin, Samantha (2 August 2021). "Meet the Members of Green Builder Media's Next Generation Influencer Group". www.greenbuildermedia.com. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ^ Nakate, Vanessa. "Vanessa Nakate Wants Climate Justice for Africa". Time. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ Nakate, Vanessa (2021). A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-358-65450-6.
- ^ Vetter, David (2 November 2021). "'Oppose This Climate Slavery': A Manifesto To COP26 From A West African Climate Activist". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-04-16.