#climate activist
“None of us have a choice. We all have to be activists,” 24-year old climate activist Mitzi Jonelle once said. When presidents and leaders pose for a group photo, there is usually no sight of civil society representatives or young climate activists, despite the fact that they equally play a critical role in the decision-making process. Taking individuals’ lived experiences into account in policymaking now matters more than ever, as the United Nations states in its 2016 report ‘Leaving No…