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A bigger picture my fight to bring a new African voice to the climate crisis

A founder of the Rise Up Climate Movement discusses ways we can all build a livable future, with a focus on the role of African voices, while revealing the rampant inequalities within the climate-justice movement.

Main Author: Nakate, Vanessa, 1996- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Subjects:
Nakate, Vanessa.
Environmentalists > Uganda > Biography.
Women environmentalists > Uganda > Biography.
Environmentalists > Political activity > Uganda.
Climatic changes > Moral and ethical aspects.
Environmental justice.
Autobiographies.
Summary: A founder of the Rise Up Climate Movement discusses ways we can all build a livable future, with a focus on the role of African voices, while revealing the rampant inequalities within the climate-justice movement.
Physical Description: 231 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231).
ISBN: 9780358654506
0358654505
Author Notes: VANESSA NAKATE is founder of the Rise Up climate movement and the Vash Green Schools Project, which aims to install solar panels on all of Uganda's 24,000 schools. She has spearheaded the Save Congo Rainforest campaign. The United Nations named her a Young Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals in 2020, and Time magazine named her to its Time100 Next list in 2021. Nakate and her work have been featured in the New York Times, the Guardian, Yes!, Vox, Vogue, the Huffington Post, the International Women's Forum, and the Global Landscapes Forum, and on globalcitizen.org, greenpeace.org, CNN, the BBC, PBS, and United Nations media. She lives in Kampala, Uganda.

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