
Why is a 20-year-old advising the UN about the environment?
Move over, Greta Thunberg. There’s a new pint-sized prophetess of doom in town.
Last week, a photo from the COP27 climate talks in Egypt went viral. Posing next to UN secretary-general António Guterres was 20-year-old Sophia Kianni, an American climate activist and student at Stanford. She claims to be the youngest adviser to the 73-year-old Guterres.
