Ezekiel Nyanfor

Ezekiel Nyanfor is a 23-year-old Liberian youth climate activist, entrepreneur, Founder, and Executive Director of the Liberian Youth for Climate Actions-LYCA a registered youth-based NGO residing in the Republic of Liberia. He is a Leader of climate change activities including World Environment Day, World Earth Day, and World Conservation Day. He hosted the first National Clean Air Day held in Liberia.

Notably, Ezekiel also runs an innovative program called Climate Daily Effects where every Friday of a week an African youth climate activist is featured to amplify their voices among others.

He is a Youth Ambassador of Earth Day Network under their campaign My Future My Voice with the theme: Restore Our Earth. Ezekiel was recently nominated as Young Green Ambassador for the Climate in Africa 2020 Edition which was organized by Climate Change Africa Opportunities.

He is also a Senior Certified Climate Restoration Advocate with the Foundation for Climate Restoration(F4CR) and also the National Coordinator for ClimateScience a UK-based NGO focusing on climate education for all.

Some of Ezekiel's work includes a poem in honor of Mother Earth, awareness campaigns on world migratory bird day. He hosted a summit on World Environment Day under the theme: Stop Deforestation, bringing speakers together from different African countries.

He and his team hosted the first African Youth Conference on Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change (AYCBCCC) in 2020 which was a virtual conference in partnership with Earth Day Network, Youth Go Green Africa, Eco-Brix, and Delreport under the theme: Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change the role of the African Youth in Post COVID-19.

Ezekiel also hosted the first National Clean Air Day (NCAD) held in Liberia on October 30 and November 27, 2020, respectively.

Additionally, he was selected to represent Liberian youth during the Mock COP26, a youth-led initiative aiming to mobilize around the postponement of the 2020 Conference of the Parties (COP) and to show world leaders what an ambitious yet realistic and inclusive COP looks like.

He is a Millennium Fellow of the 2021 Class hosted by the United Nations Academic Impact and MCN. Ezekiel was also selected as one out of the two Campus Directors at the University of Liberia to lead their cohort.

You can listen to my podcast with a click on the button above.