Penelope Lea

Penelope Lea is a Norwegian climate activist who became the second-youngest ambassador for UNICEF at the age of 15. When she was eight, Lea joined the Eco-Agents, a youth climate group. She gave her first speech aged nine at a Nature and Youth national camp.

In 2018, Lea became the youngest nominee for the (Volunteer Award), at the age of fourteen.

In 2019, Lea became a climate advisor to Knut Storberget and was a youth ambassador for Norway at the UNICEF summit for World Children's Day. In October 2019, Lea became the first climate ambassador for UNICEF; her age of 15 made her the second-youngest UNICEF ambassador in history. She was the fifth Norwegian ambassador and the first to be appointed since 2007. At the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25), Lea was one of five child activists to speak at an event organized by UNICEF and the OHCHR.

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