Ten-year-old Ghanaian girl cuts through jargon to deliver message at Cop27

Nakeeyat Dramani Sam, of Ghana, poses for photos at the Cop27 UN Climate Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (Nariman El-Mofty/AP)

By their very nature, UN climate negotiations are filled with scientific and diplomatic jargon.

So when 10-year-old Nakeeyat Dramani Sam spoke during a plenary session with hundreds of delegates, her soft voice and direct message cut through the dryness, a reminder to negotiators and everybody listening that decisions made at climate talks can have a direct impact on people.