With no job lined up, Ms. Nakate volunteered with the Rotary Club organization, where she was researching the biggest challenges facing local areas and how she could help. That was when she realized that climate change was not some distant threat, but a problem that at that very moment was eating away at communities and destroying livelihoods. She also found out about Fridays for Future, the movement that Ms. Thunberg started to pressure policymakers to listen to scientists and act. Though eager to take action herself, Ms. Nakate said she was initially afraid of taking to Kampala’s streets to protest alone. In December 2019, she was one of a few young activists who were invited to speak at the United Nations climate talks in Spain.

Source: International New York Times May 07, 2021 11:03 UTC