As a child, climate activist Hilda Flavia Nekabuye鈥檚 family owned one of the biggest plantations in their village near Uganda鈥檚 Lake Victoria. But rising temperatures, rains and strong winds devastated the property and Nekabuye鈥檚 grandmother had to sell some of their land to feed her family. 鈥淚 remember I had...
Sheila Watt-Cloutier has a simple prescription for staying warm in the icy fringes of the Arctic where average annual temperatures can plummet down to near zero degrees Fahrenheit: Don鈥檛 eat brand-name soup.
Nearly 4,000 people from 90 countries convened at CU 麻豆影院, either virtually or in-person Friday, for a day-long, candid exploration of something speakers contend isn鈥檛 talked about enough: how climate change impacts people鈥檚 lives right now.
Astrid Puentes Ria帽o is a lawyer with more than two decades of experience in environmental law, human rights and climate change, and the intersection of these, with a perspective of climate justice, diversity, equity and inclusion
People everywhere are being affected by the growing climate crisis, with many people鈥攖hose who have contributed little to the crisis鈥攁lready experiencing the loss of life and basic human rights.
