Article by Abraham Byamukama, Climate YES – Uganda. Climate change is a long term gradual increase in warming of the planet due to increased average in Global temperature that are ,as a result of human activities like bush burning, deforestation, heavy industrialization and infrastructure development. Food security is the state of having access, affordable, nutritious...
Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Youth Capacity Building WorkshopRosebank, Johannesburg | 23 November 2024 The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Youth Capacity Building Workshop, hosted by the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) on 23 November 2024 in Rosebank, Johannesburg, brought together young climate leaders from across South Africa. The event provided a critical platform to deepen youth understanding...
In the efforts to grow the movement, Climate YES launched a new national hub in ESWATINI, Southern Africa. The launch took place on the 25th October 2025 at St. George and James’ Anglican Church in Manzini and brought together 28 young Christians from 9 denominations. The participants collectively agreed that there is need for the...
On 5th October 2024, 15 dedicated climate yes members in Kisumu Kenya, gathered for the Harvesting Hope: Empowering Communities through Smart Agriculture, an initiative designed to equip young Christians with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to harness the available agricultural opportunities in the face of the climate change crisis alongside the rampant unemployment. The...
Climate YES Uganda launched an environmental club at Harvest International School, Kampala Uganda on the 13th September 2024 during a training workshop that convened 10 teachers and 10 student leaders under the theme, “ Conservation and Sustainability through the 3Rs ;Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” It is important for us to inspire the children into matters of...
Climate YES Malawi successfully held a clean-up and waste management awareness campaign in Lilongwe, Malawi on the 15th June 2024. The event began at Area 25 Health Centre, where 35 young Christian climate activists gathered to raise awareness about the urgency need for the community to adopt sustainable waste management practices as a proactive action...
In efforts to collectively address critical WASH challenges among the refugee settlement at Makeni Refugee Transit Centre in Zambia, Climate YES in partnership with Caritas Zambia convened a training session on sustainable WASH practices, needs assessment, as well as donation of hygiene materials to 55 young people between ages of 15-35 years. The program intended...
Climate YES officially launches in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tuesday 6th August, 2024. The Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Department of South Africa convened a one-day workshop on Loss and Damage at the Manhattan Hotel Pretoria. Climate YES was represented by five of its members from the Southern Africa Hub. The workshop’s agenda addressed key themes such as funding mechanisms, the corporate perspective on sustainability,...
