5 Powerful Projects Turning Climate Knowledge Into Action
What happens when young people, most affected by the climate crisis, are equipped not only with knowledge but with the tools and support to take action? In 2024, through the Climate Justice Academy - MS TCDC, together with ActionAid, offered a grants programme to explore this question. The results have been inspiring, creative and rooted in community realities.
From the refugee camp in Uganda to the drought-stricken regions in Kenya and the coast communities in Tanzania, the CJA alumni are applying what they learned at the Academy and multiplying its impact. These five projects demonstrate, the first step towards climate solutions is ensuring that affected communities lead the way.
Uganda: Building Young Women's Climate Advocacy and Leadership
In Uganda, Sharon, a passionate member of the MEMPROW network, is tackling the climate crisis by putting young women at the centre, through her climate advocacy training programme .
We need young women to lead the conversations because climate Justice must be gender responsive.
Kenya: Art and Creative Activism for Climate Justice
In Kenya, Kowsar is blending creativity with climate education. Using murals, poetry and performance to spark climate consciousness and creating platforms where people can connect their struggles in the climate crisis and reimagine collective solutions.
North Kenya: Telling Climate Stories Through Mobile Film
In communities often overlooked by mainstream media, Virginia is training young people in mobile filmmaking to capture the experiences of climate change. These visual stories amplify the unheard voices and create visibility for grassroots realities.
Uganda: Safe Spacd for Climate Action in Fragile Settings
Operating within a refugee settlement, Aloysious is building safe spaces where young women can gather to learn about the realities of climate justice and lead transformation. Recognising the unique vulnerabilities of displaced youth, he is creating opportunities for them to build resilience, raise their voices and shape the future they want to see.
Climate justice must include those at the margins.
Tanzania: Raising Awareness on Fossil Fuels and Just Energy Transitions
Baraka is driving community dialogues around the negative impacts of fossil fuel dependency. He conducts trainings and offers alternative solutions for a just and inclusive energy transition rooted in environmental and social justice.
These stories are a blueprint for climate justice led by those who live in its realities every day. They reflect what's possible when young people are trusted, have resources and are connected. This is what climate justice looks like - led by communities, rooted in reality and powered by young people.