Fanta Camara
An environmentalist by training and a recognised figure of green advocacy, Fanta Camara leads AGI’s Climate & Youth cluster, carrying an ambitious vision of ecological transition and youth inclusion.
- Role
- Head, Climate & Youth Cluster
- Based in
- Dakar, Senegal
- Focus areas
- Climate action · Green entrepreneurship · Youth inclusion
- Education
- Environmental science
Leadership rooted in action
Fanta’s path began with citizen action: reforestation campaigns and environmental awareness work started while she was still in high school.
It is a record of constant determination to place local communities, women and young people at the heart of resilience mechanisms in the face of climate shocks. It made her one of the leading voices of African climate advocacy.
Her mandate at AGI
As head of the Climate & Youth cluster, her cross-cutting missions include:
- Steering and deploying large-scale regional programs across Senegal, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ghana;
- Creating Climate Innovation Hubs dedicated to the ingenuity and solutions of young people;
- Incubating and supporting local green businesses, for a sustainable and inclusive economy;
- Building advocacy and mechanisms for environmental public governance.
The Climate Linguere Club
Fanta is the founding president of the first movement entirely dedicated to women’s climate leadership in West Africa.
The initiative has already mobilised and trained more than 3,000 women in practical, field-level ecological solutions.
An international voice
Her expertise is recognised well beyond the continent. Fanta has taken part in five UN Climate Conferences of the Parties (COP), where she regularly speaks as a panelist on climate justice, security and peace.
Fanta leads AGI’s Climate & Youth cluster, steering regional programmes across Senegal, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ghana, building Climate Innovation Hubs and incubating local green businesses. She founded the Climate Linguere Club for women’s climate leadership and speaks regularly at the UN Climate COPs.
