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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 2 October 2011 Bashikhong Village, Manipur, India |
| Occupation(s) | Student, environmental activist |
| Years active | 2018–present |
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| Relatives | Chinglensana Kangujam (uncle) |
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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]
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]
- ^ "India climate activist Licypriya Kangujam on why she took a stand". BBC News. 2020-02-06. BBC OS. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- ^ Sudevan, Praveen (2020-11-30). "India should make climate education compulsory: Nine-year-old activist Licypriya Kangujam". The Hindu.
- ^ "Meet Licypriya Kangujam, the 8-yr-old Indian 'Greta' who is urging leaders at COP25 to save the planet". The Economic Times. 2019-09-20. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
- ^ "Eight-Year-Old Licypriya Kangujam Is Flying India's Flag at COP25". The Wire (India). 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ "Indian 8-year-old challenges world leaders to act on climate change at COP25 in Madrid". The Hindu. 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ "Meet Licypriya Kangujam, the 8-yr-old Indian 'Greta' who is urging leaders at COP25 to save the planet". The Economic Times. 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ "Home". licypriyakangujam.com.
- ^ Banerji, Annie (2020-02-08). "'Don't call me India's Greta Thunberg and erase my story': Eight-year-old Licypriya Kangujam". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ Licypriya Kangujam [@LicypriyaK] (2020-01-27). "Dear Media, Stop calling me "Greta of India". ..." (Tweet). Retrieved 2020-05-13 – via Twitter.
- ^ "A 7-Year-Old Takes Stand Near The Parliament Urging PM Modi To Pass The Climate Change Law". ScoopWhoop. 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ^ "Angola backs Licypriya's green world campaign". Poknapham. 2019-09-24. Archived from the original on 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Seven-year-old becomes the youngest green activist". Daily News and Analysis. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ^ "Aged 7, Licypriya Kangujam stands outside Parliament to urge Prime Minister, MPs to pass climate change law". Mirror Now. 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2019-06-22.