Does Africa have a voice on climate?

Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate is on a mission to make sure
Africa is listened to on climate justice.


In early 2019 she started taking to the streets of Kampala to
protest about climate change. It was a lonely pursuit. She was
often on her own, or at best with a couple of her siblings or
friends. But she quickly started gaining recognition, and has
since spoken at the UN and Davos.


However, a year ago she was thrust into the spotlight for all the
wrong reasons when the Associated Press cut her out of a photo
with four other white youth climate activists at an international
climate conference. That painful experience has since informed
her activism and role within the climate movement: "We will not
have climate justice without social and racial justice", she
says.


So, of all the problems the African continent is facing, why did
she choose to raise her voice on climate change - and is anybody
listening?