Fridays For Future Uganda
@Fridays4FutureU
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#FridaysForFuture Uganda is part of the global climate justice movement and fights for compliance with 1.5 degree target. https://t.co/mZQBN2Xhzm
Joined February 2019
Ever wondered where plastic waste goes? Our mentees got a firsthand look at @WastePlus where innovation turns trash into treasure. The team is tackling the plastic crisis head-on with innovative recycling and repurposing solution. #EndPlasticPollution #ClimateEducation.
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More than 120 people were killed Tuesday as the worst floods in years battered DRC's capital Kinshasa following an all-night downpour. Major roads in the city of some 15 million people, were submerged for hours, & a key supply route was cut off. #ClimateCrisis
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#FridaysForFuture Uganda climate strikers have today striked together to show their disappointment in #COP25. Present are: @NamugerwaLeah @NakabuyeHildaF & @SadrachNirere. The struggle continues. @GretaThunberg @Greenpeace @350 @ClimateStrike @ExtinctionR @Fridays4future
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Today is #TotalAGM 🚨 France’s climate killer aims to build the EACOP pipeline, drilling in Uganda's Murchinson Falls Park, displacing thousands of citizens and risking the chances for #1Point5 🔥@EmmanuelMacron & @PPouyanne is this what climate leadership looks like? #StopEACOP!
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Global #ClimateStrike for climate happening now in Uganda. We're in Bushenyi with @RctKyengera @RotaractUganda #FridaysForFuture
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Did you know we're the leading #FridaysForFuture movement in Africa? This is not by accident, we've the world's youngest population. If we don't act no one will. @GretaThunberg @Fridays4future
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17 year old #climatechange striker and one of our mobilizers @matovu_bob has braved the hot sun to send his message to the public and leaders. "Fridays For Future Uganda is demanding #ClimateAction now. @GretaThunberg @Greenpeace @Fridays4future #schoolstrike4climate
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They don't allow us to protest. They deny us the right to freedom of speech. We risk our lives to protest, because if we don't our lives and that of others will be even more at risk by the climate crisis. Stand with us and demand Total to #StopEACOP
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We are unstoppable. Another world is possible. #FridaysForFuture #schoolstrike4climate @GretaThunberg
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The world needs to condemn the continued funding of fossil fuels in Africa by developed countries. Join us to tell @TotalEnergies that Uganda doesn't need fossil fuels and they should #StopEACOP
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We should stop sweeping under the carpet and say it like it is; fossil fuel companies are destroying our planet. FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES ARE DESTROYING OUR PLANET📢📢📢. FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES ARE DESTROYING OUR PLANET📢📢📢.#StopEACOP
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Our biggest enemy is no longer climate denial but climate delay. The most dangerous opponents of change are no longer the shrinking minority who deny the need for action, but the supposed supporters of change who refuse to act at the pace the science demands. #ClimateAction.
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#FridaysForFuture #SchoolStrike4Climate are continuing in Uganda today. A country with 55.5% of its population below the age of 18 can't look on as our planet's condition is deteriorating. We'll strike until real #ClimateAction is taken. @Greenpeace @350 @GretaThunberg.
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Very sad news today in Uganda. At least 8 people are confirmed dead. Floods are claiming more lives of people. @GretaThunberg.#KaseseFloods #ClimateEmergency
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Firefighter among those killed by Germany floods. Fire brigade Vehicle submerged in flood water .#Germany #floods .#ClimateEmergency
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"Uganda government declare #ClimateEmergency" was a common message from today's global #SchoolStrike4Climate #fridaysforfuture #climatestrike in Kampala. Strikers @matovu_bob, @NakabuyeHildaF, @NamugerwaLeah, @CicillyAdong @IreneKananura & others led the strikes @GretaThunberg
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People in northern Ghana are struggling to get water amid drought. The most affected are women. Many rely on rivers but these have dried up in recent months due to climate change. #ClimateCrisis
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Uganda police taking placards from our climate activists during yesterday's #GlobalClimateStrike. This was followed by their arrest. #FightClimateInjustice #SaveBugomaForest .@ExtinctionR @GretaThunberg @Fridays4future
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Global #ClimateStrike in Uganda. One of our four climate protests today. We're fighting for everyone's survival. We deserve #ClimateJustice .#UprootTheSystem #FridaysForFuture
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This is how heavy rains left the city of Lagos in Nigeria. Human activities are making flooding inevitable. #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis
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Uganda hotter than it is, polluted with more carbon emissions will not be safe for anyone and will be worse for future generations. #FightFor1Point5 .#schoolstrike4climate .#FridaysForFuture
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The United States is responsible for 40% of the climate breakdown the world is experiencing today, & the EU is responsible for 29%, according to new research. In total, the Global North is responsible for 92% of excess global carbon emissions.#StopEACOP.
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Presently Uganda is hit the hardest by extreme weather events. We are facing a #ClimateEmergency that media is hardly reporting. Semu river in eastern Uganda tears through a trading Centre days after at least 10 people died in western Uganda @GretaThunberg.
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The energy levels we used during the previous #ClimateStrike are the same we're going to use come March 19. Our demand is simple #NoMoreEmptyPromises. We want #ClimateAction NOW.#SaveBugomaForest
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Our #ClimateStrike is underway. It's one year since #FridaysForFuture Uganda was founded. We continue to demand for #ClimateAction & #ClimateJustice. #FridaysForFuture #schoolstrike4climate
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The young generation bearing the brunt of a Climate catastrophy they didn't cause have spoken. Can you hear our voices? . We want #ClimateAction and we want it NOW! .#GlobalClimateStrike #ClimateJustice #PeopleNotProfits.#FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike
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Happening now. Fridays for Future Uganda climate activists have joined the #GlobalClimateStrike to demand for climate justice. #FightClimateInjustice.#FridaysforFuture .#SaveBugomaForest
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CLIMATE ACTION NOW . UGANDA IS READY FOR .SEPTEMBER 24. join us to demand for #ClimateJustice.#UprootTheSystem .@GretaThunberg @Fridays4future
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One of the 178 villages in Uganda that will be affected by the pipeline have today joined us for a strike. Stand with us to demand @PPouyanne and @EmmanuelMacron to #StopEACOP! .@TotalUgandaInfo @Avaaz .#FridaysForFuture
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Dear @GretaThunberg Uganda is proud of your effort to save the planet. We're joining you for the global climate strike
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#FridaysForFuture African activists have today met @GretaThunberg. Fridays for future Uganda is proud of @the_ecofeminist @NamugerwaLeah and @NakabuyeHildaF for representing Africa. Keep the fire burning
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Today Ugandans joined the rest of the world for the global #SchoolStrike4Climate to demand urgent #climateaction from leaders. @GretaThunberg @350 @SweMFA @SwedeninUG #fridaysforfuture
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We remain steadfast with our objective and message. We're facing a #ClimateEmergency. We want #ClimateAction and we want it now. We're #FridaysForFuture @GretaThunberg @Fridays4future
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Our commitment is unshakeable. #FridaysForFuture movement is unstoppable. These are some of the climate strikes in Uganda today. #ClimateStrikeOnline @NakabuyeHildaF
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The devastating truth about the climate crisis is that the youngest, poorest and most vulnerable in the world will suffer the most. These are people who also contributed very little to the crisis.
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Fridays for future Uganda #schoolstrike4climate dedicated to Bugoma forest. Nature is sending us a message let us listen. #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike .#FaceTheClimateEmergency .
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Our #EarthDay2022 #ClimateStrike has just started. We're sending a strong message to world leaders to put people first. Leaders need to stop using this day to write fancy messages without action. We're #FridaysForFuture #EarthDay #PeopleNotProfit
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This was the situation yesterday in many parts of Uganda. Human activities are causing heavy flooding whenever it rains. Plastic bottles are also making flooding inevitable. We need to change the way we do business, & interact with nature .🎥NTVU .@Fridays4future @GretaThunberg
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#GlobalClimateStrike has started in Uganda. Say no to #FossilFuels. Demand for #ClimateJustice .#fridaysforfuture
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TOMORROW IS THE GLOBAL DAY OF CLIMATE JUSTICE!. Uganda is ready. Together we can create a safer, cleaner and healthier planet. Join us! We need everyone!.#FridaysForFuture .#FightClimateInjustice
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Just in:.River Nyamwamba in western Uganda floods again, sweeps through Kilembe Mines hospital in Kasese District. 🎥 courtesy .@Greenpeace.@GretaThunberg .#ClimateCrisis .#ClimateEmergency .#KeepMamaAfricaGreen
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This senior citizen gave testimony that 55 years back Uganda's weather & seasons were predictable. He said a lot has changed & blames it on leaders who connive with the rich to clear forest, degraded wetlands, & encroach on lakes and rivers. #UprootTheSystem #GlobalClimateStrike
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More than 140, 000 people have been displaced by floods in Uganda in one month after four rivers bust their banks. Environmentalists say the unpredictable flooding points to climate change occasioned by global warming due to man’s relentless war against nature. #ClimateCrisis
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On top of activism and advocacy, we swing into action. We mobilise communities for lakeshore cleanup to save our lakes from plastic pollution. Let's protect our environment. Plastic kills. We're #FridaysForFuture Uganda!
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Imagine if the main demonstration on d busy Kampala Rd had not been blocked? We quickly found an alternative & this is what our brave strikers @NamugerwaLeah @NakabuyeHildaF @matovu_bob & @SadrachNirere did. We'll not give up @GretaThunberg #FridaysForFuture #KeepMamaAfricaGreen
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Today we joined the rest of the world to protest against the Trans Mountain pipeline. It's is a global climate catastrophe that violates Indigenous rights, and harms the entire coastline. Projects like this have left the global South suffering the most. #StopTMX #InsureOurFuture
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More students are joining the #FridaysForFuture movement & #schoolstrike4climate in Uganda. Today our organizer @NakabuyeHildaF led the #climatestrike with high school students. They also protested against waste disposal in lake Victoria. @GretaThunberg @Fridays4future @350
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Today #FridaysForFuture Uganda activists have again protested against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline at lake Victoria. #PeopleNotProfit #StopEACOP #schoolstrike4climate
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The extent of flooding in Belgium is unprecedented. Houses have collapsed. Four bodies recovered. #ClimateEmergency.
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Find here a recap of today's #FridaysForFuture #climatestrike in Uganda. The girls are getting more brave. One of the strikers @NakabuyeHildaF wrote her message in Luganda for everyone to understand. #schoolstrike4climate @GretaThunberg @Fridays4future
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90,000 affected by floods in South Sudan: UN. For many, this is the second time they have faced flooding since May. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency . via @CGTN Africa @GretaThunberg.
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A recap of today's #schoolstrike4climate in Uganda. Thank you @NakabuyeHildaF @NamugerwaLeah @CicillyAdong @IreneKananura @matovu_bob & others for fighting for your and others future. #fridaysforfuture #climatestrike @GretaThunberg @ClimateReality
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We expect climate leadership from EU not fighting laws that would hold them accountable. People need to be protected from corporations and governments that are not ready to #RestoreNature. #FridaysForFuture #schoolstrikeforclimate
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All eyes on @EACJCourt Judges may halt #EACOP tomorrow - the pipeline violates local & international law, threatens livelihoods & endangered species. It locks Africa into dirty energy instead of unleashing $ for clean energy. Justices: Listen to the Affected people. #StopEACOP
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We're getting ready for September 24. Join us to demand for climate justice. #UprootTheSystem #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike
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Thank you for standing with us. All our activists were freed on a police bond but asked to report back tomorrow (Monday). They are in good health and more determined than ever to fight for our planet. The struggle continues.#FightClimateInjustice .#SaveBugomaForest
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One dead, scores displaced as floods cut off Mbale-Butaleja road in eastern Uganda. The situation is very sad. #ClimateCrisis 🎥Daily Monitor
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"The climate crisis happening in the Philippines, the injustices done to our defenders & activists, @StanChart's funding of our destruction creates a perfect storm. The raging winds & howls of the people’s movement are coming." @mitzijonelle.
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"Losing my future is not like losing an election, or a few points on the stock market. I am here to speak for all generations to come. I am here to speak -- speak on behalf of the starving children around the world whose cries go unheard" Suzuki . 29 years later hardly any action
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This is happening in Kenya our neighbour in the east. Our region is facing a climate crisis induced drought.
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We had a successful mobilisation meeting for tomorrow's strike. Kyambogo Uni students have joined Kampala International Uni to strike with @NakabuyeHildaF. We'll also be joined by high school students. #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #YouthForClimate #ExtinctionRebellion
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"I am here to speak on behalf of people already displaced by EACOP. I am here to speak on behalf of people whose land was taken but not compensated. I am here to speak on behalf of people in Hoima who are already suffering as a result of this selfish project" @NakabuyeHildaF
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From rivers of plastics to waves of waste. It's like we're on a mission to create a disposable world. #endsingleuse .
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The lady in the video is heard saying: "we decided not to build in slums but we can't be living like this" she never knew floods could reach their estate. No one is safe. The #ClimateCrisis is affecting us all. Floods in some parts of Kampala!
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"No one is too small to make a difference, if everyone does something then huge differences can happen" @GretaThunberg
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Powerful video. People power is stronger than the people in power. We thank people in France and everywhere who are against #eacop. Supporting new oil pipelines is an injustice to the people of Uganda. #StopEACOP .🎥 @350 @350France
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#FridaysForFuture Uganda meets @GretaThunberg in Madrid. Our Team Leader @NamugerwaLeah and Organiser @NakabuyeHildaF shared some moments with Greta. They are in Madrid for #COP25 #FridaysForFuture
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To: the CEO of @Shell:. “Don't blast South Africa’s fragile Wild Coast - threatening a diverse ecosystem and precious whale breeding grounds, the fight against climate change, and local communities’ livelihoods.” #StopShell. Sign & share the petition👇
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The impacts of #ClimateCrisis in Africa are already felt yet we emit only 3% of carbon. Our capacity to adapt is very very low. How does the global north feel about this👇
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STOP EACOP📢📢📢📢📢. STOP EACOP 📢📢📢📢📢. STOP EACOP 📢📢📢📢📢. #StopEACOP 📢📢📢📢📢.#StopEACOP 📢📢📢📢📢.#StopEACOP 📢📢📢📢📢. Can you hear us????
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Together with @StopEACOPug we hosted a climate protest in Kampala. Four of our activists were arrested as we approached parliament. We demand for their immediate release and ask Uganda government to respect human rights. #StopEACOP #fridaysforfuture #GlobalClimateStrike
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Ugandans from all parts of the country are against EACOP. They have today used the #GlobalClimateStrike to send a clear message to @TotalEnergies. #PeopleNotProfit .#GlobalClimateStrike .Thanks to @mnyomb1 @patienceNabz & others for the Mobilisation.
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Since you founded the #FridaysForFuture movement the climate movement hasn't remained the same. We're proud of you. You keep on inspiring us. Thank you for the hard work. From all of us at #FridaysForFuture Uganda, we wish you a Happy birthday @GretaThunberg
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"If you really think that the environment is less important than the economy, try holding your breath while you count your money.".McPherson.
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"This is greenwashing!" @GretaThunberg and Jennifer Morgan interrupt and challenge Shell, BP and the big banks' #COP26 carbon offsetting panel. Carbon offsetting is a way for polluters to avoid real emissions cuts, avoid real climate action!". Via Green Peace
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Meet @NakabuyeHildaF a student from Kampala International University who is foregoing lectures on Friday to strike for Climate. She's mobilised fellow students to do the same. #Fridays4Future @Strike4Youth @GretaThunberg @FFF_USA @F4F_Uk @lillyspickup @environment @DailyMonitor
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Yesterday we planted 58 trees in honour of Uganda's 58th independence anniversary. #UgandaAt58
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Many young people in Uganda are worried of government inaction on #ClimateCrisis. They fear for their future. Climate anxiety is growing. This is @KabilaObbo from Gulu northern Uganda.
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A shame for the world: Uganda’s fragile forest ecosystem destroyed for sugar by @HoimaSugar.It's home to 23 species of animals, including 550 highly endangered chimpanzees, UG mangabeys (an endemic primate), 225 species of birds & 260 species of trees #SaveBugomaForest . 🎥WEMNET
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Energy use per person in Africa vs a typical American refrigerator! . The global north is responsible for the #ClimateCrisis, there's no doubt about that. To our disappointment though, they use our population as a scapegoat.
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A recap of #FridaysForFuture.#schoolstrike4climate as they happened in Uganda yesterday by the following strikers .@CicillyAdong @NakabuyeHildaF @matovu_bob & @NamugerwaLeah. All they want to see are their leaders walking the talk. @GretaThunberg @havenruthie @AlexandriaV2005
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This #FridaysForFuture Climate change strikers in Uganda have had a group #climatstrike in Kampala city. Among them are; @NamugerwaLeah @NakabuyeHildaF @CicillyAdong @IreneKananura & @matovu_bob The movement is getting stronger everyday @GretaThunberg @Fridays4future @Greenpeace
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Our #ClimateStrike was cut short by Uganda police. Our placards were all grabbed, confiscated & most activists taken to police. Among the arrested one include @NamugerwaLeah @NakabuyeHildaF @SadrachNirere @LauraMuwanguzi @matovu_bob & others.#ClimateJustice #GlobalClimateStrike
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What do we want?.Climate justice. When do we want it?.NOW. The Global North needs to cut emissions drastically by divesting from fossil fuels & ending its extraction, burning, & use. More from our #GlobalClimateStrike #UprootTheSystem @GretaThunberg @Fridays4future @ExtinctionR
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If no serious #ClimateAction is taken, extinction is looming. Kenya has suffered a devastating drought, receiving less than a third of its usual rainfall in September. This has had a devastating impact of wildlife in particular, leaving them hungry and unable to access water
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"I made a decision to protect the only place I call home. Earth". Our Founder @NakabuyeHildaF
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In 2040 this is what Uganda will be showing to the world on earth day if we continue with the current rate of deforestation. Support our efforts to #SaveBugomaForest .
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Happy birthday to a selfless activist. Your leadership and direction are exactly what we need. Thank you for founding us. From us all at #FridaysForFuture Uganda we wish you a blessed day @NakabuyeHildaF
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“Many are asking what it’ll take for people in power to wake up. But let’s be clear - they’re already awake. They know exactly what they’re doing. They know exactly what priceless values they’re sacrificing to maintain business as usual.” @GretaThunberg.
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Yesterday @TotalEnergies announced €15 billion in profits. 90% of Total’s investments go to oil & gas expansion. Total is currently building the world's longest heated crude oil pipeline in Uganda and Tanzania. All this is done at the cost of nature & human life. #StopEACOP
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Women bear the brunt of extreme weather events. Action needs to be escalated regarding climate crisis to create a sustainable green future.
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1000 people are expected to join us tomorrow for #EarthDay2022 #ClimateStrike among other activities. Let's fight for ourselves and generations to come. #EarthDay #PeopleNotProfit #ForPeopleForPlanet
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Rivers in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, are clogged with plastic waste. you can't see water anymore. They are now 'rivers of plastics'
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"How 'fast fashion' is turning Ghana into a waste dumping ground for second-hand clothes that no one will ever wear". ▶️via BBC Africa
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