Vanessa Nakate is a climate justice activist based in Uganda, the UNICEF global goodwill ambassador, and the author of A Bigger Picture. Inspired by Greta Thunberg, Vanessa started her own climate movement in Uganda and began a solitary strike against inaction on the climate crisis in January 2019. Nakate started the Vash Green Schools Project, a renewable energy initiative which aims to transition energy in impoverished rural schools in Uganda to solar energy and install eco-friendly stoves in these schools. The project has carried out installations in over 70 schools. Nakate received the Haub Law Environmental 2021 Award in recognition of her citizen diplomacy in bringing the voice of her generation to global environmental campaigns and received the Helmut-Schmidt Zukunftspreis award in 2022.