Leah Namugerwa on #WorldHabitatDay2021 : #Cities must develop strategies for reducing car use, promote green travel modes & accessible, convenient & affordable #publictransport 🌱

Full speech here 🔗 unhabitatyouth.org/2021/10/04/cli…

#WorldHabitatDay2021 #UrbanOctober #climateaction

Join United NationsHabitat #WorldHabitatDay celebrations in beautiful #Yaoundé , #Cameroon
Theme: Accelerating #UrbanAction for a #carbonfree world.
📅Monday, 4 October 2021
⏲️09:00 (GMT+1)

Register here bit.ly/3osxaeLWHD
Matthias Z. Naab United Nations Vivian Nain Diplomatie Cameroun /Cameroon Diplomacy

“On world habitat day we must recognize that Cities are part of the problem but also a large part of the solution” ~ Inger Andersen UN Environment Programme

'The stability of #nature can no longer be taken for granted. What are we waiting for? To know that we already ran out of time?' Youth Representative, #FridaysForFuture Uganda, Leah Namugerwa
shares on rethinking how we build and manage our towns and cities!
#WorldHabitatDay

Climate crisis is happening.
Climate solution is everyone's business.
Youth are important agents of change in raising awareness and taking action.
Yesterday we were in Hoima (South western Uganda). Our next destination is Gulu in northern Uganda.

'It's time for leaders to put loss and damage at the center of negotiations. It's time to acknowledge that there's need for additional funding on top of what has already been promised for the most vulnerable. It's time for our leaders to wake up!,' COP26 Vanessa Nakate #PreCOP26

Our pre COP26 consultative meeting in Hoima has kicked off. We're promoting youth participation to enable diverse voices to contribute to global and local climate discussions. This is our 3rd meeting after Masaka & Mbale.

FLOODS FORCE A PRIMARY SCHOOL TO RELOCATE IN UGANDA

Since 2019, Aninolal Primary School has been affected by floods triggered by the rising water levels on Lake Kyoga which has affected 6,217 households.  

#ClimateCrisis Fridays For Future Greta Thunberg monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…

Floods are claiming lives of people in Uganda but it largely goes unnoticed due to lack of media interest. Politicians are also less interested.
#ClimateCrisis
chimpreports.com/rubanda-teache…

On Wednesday we're in Hoima (South Western Uganda). We're continuing to mobilise young people for climate action, equipping them with knowledge and skills of adapting to climate change. We're also seeking their views on. COP26. This project is supported by France in Uganda 🇫🇷🇺🇬

9 year old girl led our 3rd #ClimateStrike on Friday.
Climate justice is what everyone in the global South is asking for.
#UprootTheSystem
Fridays For Future Greta Thunberg

This senior citizen gave testimony that 55 years back Uganda's weather & seasons were predictable. He said a lot has changed & blames it on leaders who connive with the rich to clear forest, degraded wetlands, & encroach on lakes and rivers.
#UprootTheSystem #GlobalClimateStrike

'I think that's the issue that the United Nations and the UK need to think about. At the rate things are going, you risk having a 'European COP26' to the exclusion of Africa and South America' Clayson Monyela

Greta Thunberg news.sky.com/story/cop26-so…

School strike for climate Week 136 together with Fridays For Future Uganda activists. #GlobalClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture #UprootTheSystem

Global #ClimateStrike in Uganda. One of our four climate protests today. We're fighting for everyone's survival. We deserve #ClimateJustice
#UprootTheSystem #FridaysForFuture

Our SwedishPM joins #Uganda ’s Nakabuye Hilda F. tomorrow in a discussion on how to #UnlockTheFuture for the youth. Listen in and join the conversation using this link: bit.ly/2XlE35Q
Fridays For Future Uganda Leah Namugerwa Vanessa Nakate

Government agencies continue to disappoint!!

Uganda Wild Authority knew about the construction of a gas station in a game reserve but did nothing.

The construction begun under the guard of armed Uganda People’s Defence Forces (army)
Extinction Rebellion Global monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…

Rich countries drained $152tn from the global South since 1960.
Today, the global North drains from the South commodities worth $2.2 trillion per year, in Northern prices.

Fridays For Future
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Eastern Uganda is flooding NOW

Floods have led to landslides that have left a 13 year old girl dead, and two injured. The injured reffered to hospital.

More floods reported in several districts. #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis
Source & 📷 Red Cross

The Climate Crisis Inequality All the Parties Are Ignoring.

Marginalized and racialized people are hurt the most. Mary Annaïse Heglar thetyee.ca/News/2021/09/1…