“Africa is on the frontlines of the climate crisis but it’s not on the front pages of the world’s newspapers. The erasure of our voices is literally the erasure of our histories and what people hold dear to their lives,” said Nakate. Nakate is a 25-year-old, thoughtful, smart and quietly spoken climate activist from Kampala, the capital of Uganda – one of the countries most at risk from climate disasters caused by global heating. Climate activists Vanessa Nakate, Luisa Neubauer, Greta Thunberg, Isabelle Axelsson and Loukina Tille, from left, in Davos, Switzerland, in 2020. Vanessa Nakate on the shore of Lake Victoria on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda, in 2021.

Source: The Guardian September 17, 2022 22:33 UTC