Fatou Jeng

Fatou Jeng is a youth climate activist in Gambia, focused on education, conservation and planting trees. She is internationally recognized as an organizer of youth climate action in the country, including hosting the National Youth Conference on Climate Change, country coordinator and global board member for Plant-for-the-Planet, and a Friday for Future organizer. In 2019, she was part of UNFCC YOUNGO, the youth delegation to the Climate Negotiations. 
She was the QTV Youth Dialogue Gambian Youth of the Month in June 2019 for her climate change advocacy, and described by Whatson Gambia as one of the 30 most influential young Gambians. 
Jeng is a student at the University of the Gambia, and was the first female president of the university's student union.