Vanessa Nakate, a young activist from Uganda, is an advocate for climate justice in neglected communities across the “global south,” countries that are among the least responsible for causing climate change yet suffering the most from its effects.
When people attack Greta Thunberg for not showing emotion or for showing too much of it, perhaps there’s an inkling that the severity of the climate crisis demands a great deal of painful and complicated emotions, and they’d rather not think of them.