Untold stories: climate activism and the brutal realities of loss and damage
Channel: IIED
Date: 2021-10-01

People in the least developed countries (LDCs) have done the least to cause the climate crisis. Yet they suffer its worst impacts. 

This is a recording of an online event on 23 September 2021 hosted by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) that saw activists in the Solomon Islands, Rwanda and Sierra Leone bring their unseen stories to life through a series of powerful animations and discussion.

The speakers were:
*(0:37) Brianna Craft (moderator), senior researcher, IIED's Climate Change research group
*(6:06) Gladys Habu (Solomon Islands), UNICEF Pacific Ambassador, climate activist, Miss Solomon Islands 2019/2020 (pre-recorded remarks)
*(14:28) Gabriel Kpaka (Sierra Leone), UNFCCC focal point for Sierra Leone 
*(26:25) Ineza Umuhoza Grace (Rwanda), CEO/founder of The Green Fighter, co-director of the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition

(31:30) Question-and-answer session

More information: https://www.iied.org/untold-stories-climate-activism-brutal-realities-loss-damage

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