Originally written and published by Safer Climate on >> https://www.saferclimate.org/blog/thank-you-think-africa-week-2022
[Last month Safer Climate] had the pleasure of taking part in organizing the Think Africa Week 2022 organized by Think Africa – it was a lovely and important collaboration for us! Together with Theresia Bilola and Rosa Rantanen shared the stage for a few moments to talk about climate change in African countries and the aims of Safer Climate network. There’s a lot to say about the topic but some of it can be summarized in the words of Vanessa Nakate, Ugandan climate activist: “We have continuously seen erasure of communities that are affected the most from rooms of decision making, from platforms of discussion. We have seen black people being erased, being pushed aside from these conversations. We have seen indigenous communities pushed aside at these (climate) conversations. They are at the frontline but they are not at the front page.” (Quote from BBC Climate Question, 18.1.2021) You can read more about Theresia’s thoughts on Think Africa and African diaspora’s role in climate discussion here.
During the event, we also hosted a children’s comic workshop (you can see some of the results at the end of the post) and shared some info + showcased a clorophyll meter & other research equipment borrowed from our partner Finnish Meteorological Institute. Thank you Think Africa, volunteers (in the pic above Theresia & Toni) and all the participants and partners! Looking forward to next year!
