A Climate Justice Activist’s Manifesto (from Uganda)

A Bigger Picture is a book by a young climate activist, from a girl who first-hand has witnessed devastating floods, deforestation, extinction and starvation in her home country. She also saw how ‘the world’s biggest polluters are asleep at the wheel’, ignoring the Global South, where the effects of climate injustice are most fiercely felt.

This rousing manifesto for change invites you to join her, a commanding political voice that demands attention, for the biggest issue of our time.

Having dominion over the Earth is about responsibility and service to the planet and its people, because God is not a God of waste and exploitation. Vanessa Nakate 

It’s a harsh reality that the most vulnerable (particularly those in poorer countries) are likely to bear the brunt of climate change, even if they contribute the least to it.

We see ourselves as something separate from Nature. We see our financial system as something outside of Nature. We see our energy system as something outside of Nature.

Nothing is outside of Nature. We would be wise to remember this. Vanessa Nakate

About the Author

Vanessa Nakate is a climate justice activist from Uganda, whose Tard Foundation which installs solar panels and clean cooking stoves in Ugandan schools.

A devout Christian, she is planning after completing her studies to influence climate policy at community, national and international level.