Kigali, 19 October, 2022 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
There is need for concerted efforts with the youth at the forefront in the fight against “climate injustice”, the global Coordinator of Loss and Damage Youth Coalition (LDYC), a coalition of more than 530 youth from over 40 countries in the global North and South who are united in the demand for “action on addressing the Loss and Damage caused by climate change”, has said.
Speaking during the Monday, October 17 a virtual conference, which members of the Symposium of Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) and members of the African Climate Dialogues (ACD) Steering Committee organized to launch their communiqué ahead of the UN climate conference, COP27, Ineza Umuhoza Grace underscored the effects of climate change on young people.
“We have a starting point where we can all act together as one, and then most importantly; we also need to give a space for youth to be active stakeholders in the fight against climate change,” Ms. Ineza said.
She added, “The youth need to be given the button and they need to be the one to drive, because at the end of the day, we are going to be the one who’s going to leave with most of the injustice that we’re facing today.”
“We choose not to be on the blaming side, but to be more on the action side; more on the side where we are calling for an active solution," the LDYC Coordinator who doubles as the Executive officer of The Green Protector in Rwanda further said.