'At the end of the day, our representation here is purely tokenistic.'
Activists share how they fight climate change ahead of COP26, the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Conference.Young environmental activists from across the world have convened at the annual United Nations Climate Conference, or COP26, and voiced their concerns over the barriers to entering environmental activism and the struggles of getting a seat at the table.
The activists also spoke to the added disadvantage of ageism in the climate action space and the limited access to funding compared to older people. "COP26, as I have experienced, has been deliberately exclusionary, especially for people in the global south," Njugana said."Our voices need to be on the table because our voices bear the reality of what the climate crisis means to us."
On the issue of developing nations paying the cost while sharing the blame with developed countries for their overreliance on coal, Mhandu suggested turning to Indigenous knowledge sources and communities that have learned to live in harmony with nature. The young adults criticized world leaders for their detached approach to climate change and called out the cognitive dissonance between their promises and actions.
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