Thread by @vanessa_vash

Hello everyone,
Here to remind you of the fact that the Global South is not on the front page but it is on the front line of the climate crisis!
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When I was cropped out of the photograph in Davos, I started to question why I was erased from climate coverage. At that time, there was a lot of agony, a lot of pain. But now I’m on a journey to ensure that this doesn’t happen to anyone else.
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I am happy to use my voice and use my platform to always demand for the inclusion of marginalised voices and Indigenous voices. A lot needs to change in the media. Because if we do not tell the stories of those affected the most, how will we get justice and solutions for them?

People in my country heavily depend on agriculture for survival, a lack of rain, means starvation and death for many people. But then, when the rains come, they bring about floods because of changing weather patterns. So rain only causes destruction of homes and farms.

Shorter and heavier rainy seasons also mean that large bodies of water, like Lake Victoria, see water levels rising rapidly. Communities have been severely affected. When water levels rose in Lake Victoria, many people were displaced and left homeless,
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their businesses left destroyed. Houses and even toilets were submerged, which then contaminated the water and meant it was difficult to gain access to clean water. I also worry about the Congo Rainforest. It’s the largest rainforest in Africa and the second largest tropical

rainforest in the world. According to the WWF, the vast Congo basin spans 500 million acres, bigger than the state of Alaska, US, and is a mosaic of rivers, forests, savannas, swamps and flooded forests, teeming with life. The Congo rainforest is the lungs of Africa,

Many people rely on it for their livelihoods, but the world is not paying attention to the destruction of this forest. Let us start speaking about the importance of the ecosystems and biodiversity in Africa.

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We cannot eat COAL and we cannot drink OIL!

If we want a future that is liveable and healthy for everyone, it has to be sustainable, it has to protect the people, it has to protect the planet. And no one should be left behind!

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Please read my op-ed at euronews.com/living/2020/10…

Please follow the Rise up Movement @TheRiseUpMovem1
Thank you ❣️