VCA rested on three pillars: strengthen local solutions, set the agenda through alternative storytelling, lobby for responsive policy and finance. In Mathare that meant incubation, mobile journalism and youth climate-justice work. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
November 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
VCA rested on three pillars: strengthen local solutions, set the agenda through alternative storytelling, lobby for responsive policy and finance. In Mathare that meant incubation, mobile journalism and youth climate-justice work. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
Biogas from human waste. Smokeless briquettes from organic waste. Urban farms and plastic recycling. Our 2022 exhibition showed 15 Mathare climate solutions that were working before any climate program arrived. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
November 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Biogas from human waste. Smokeless briquettes from organic waste. Urban farms and plastic recycling. Our 2022 exhibition showed 15 Mathare climate solutions that were working before any climate program arrived. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
Kenya has strong climate law: the Climate Change Act 2016 and its action plans. The VCA baseline found the gap is implementation. Climate Change Directorate: publish NCCAP III progress before COP31 opens on 9 November. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
November 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Kenya has strong climate law: the Climate Change Act 2016 and its action plans. The VCA baseline found the gap is implementation. Climate Change Directorate: publish NCCAP III progress before COP31 opens on 9 November. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
About 1 dollar in 10 of climate finance reaches local-level action. IIED's 2017 estimate: under 10% of USD 17 billion from international climate funds. Judge COP31 by whether that ratio moves. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
November 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
About 1 dollar in 10 of climate finance reaches local-level action. IIED's 2017 estimate: under 10% of USD 17 billion from international climate funds. Judge COP31 by whether that ratio moves. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
Radio, online TV, a podcast, a quarterly magazine and a blog: that is what Urban Online Media had become by 2025. Journalists, we offer sources and field visits in Mathare: info@youthandurbanism.org #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
November 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Radio, online TV, a podcast, a quarterly magazine and a blog: that is what Urban Online Media had become by 2025. Journalists, we offer sources and field visits in Mathare: info@youthandurbanism.org #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
World Cities Day: Nairobi's informal settlements house at least half the city on about 5% of its residential land, UN-Habitat says. African adaptation is an urban question, and Mathare sits on its front line. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 31, 2026 at 4:30 PM
World Cities Day: Nairobi's informal settlements house at least half the city on about 5% of its residential land, UN-Habitat says. African adaptation is an urban question, and Mathare sits on its front line. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
September 2022: young people in Mathare learned to report climate stories on their phones. They made 40 stories and published 21, because many felt their work was not good enough. Confidence is built with skill. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM
September 2022: young people in Mathare learned to report climate stories on their phones. They made 40 stories and published 21, because many felt their work was not good enough. Confidence is built with skill. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
Nairobi's Climate Change Act 2024 gives youth a seat on the county steering committee and one on every sub-county planning sub-committee. By 27 November 2026, publish how those seats are filled. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Nairobi's Climate Change Act 2024 gives youth a seat on the county steering committee and one on every sub-county planning sub-committee. By 27 November 2026, publish how those seats are filled. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
VCA aimed for an expanded civic space where marginalised voices are heard on climate. In Mathare it began with one commitment: on 25 October 2022 the county's Mathare Youth Officer committed to keep engaging young people. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
VCA aimed for an expanded civic space where marginalised voices are heard on climate. In Mathare it began with one commitment: on 25 October 2022 the county's Mathare Youth Officer committed to keep engaging young people. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
Hardware was out. Hivos's 2023 Kenya call said VCA did not fund hardware or implementation projects. The EUR 55 million from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2021 to 2025, paid for voice. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Hardware was out. Hivos's 2023 Kenya call said VCA did not fund hardware or implementation projects. The EUR 55 million from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2021 to 2025, paid for voice. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
Our first VCA dialogue in Mathare, 2022: 30 young people, 21 men and 9 women. Climate awareness was much lower than we expected, so we rebuilt from what people already knew. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 26, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Our first VCA dialogue in Mathare, 2022: 30 young people, 21 men and 9 women. Climate awareness was much lower than we expected, so we rebuilt from what people already knew. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
Young and living in Mathare? There are four ways into climate work with us: storytelling, girls' advocacy, green enterprise and river restoration. Tell us which fits: info@youthandurbanism.org #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 25, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Young and living in Mathare? There are four ways into climate work with us: storytelling, girls' advocacy, green enterprise and river restoration. Tell us which fits: info@youthandurbanism.org #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
On the International Day of Climate Action: VCA chose its countries for climate vulnerability, limited civic space and emerging local movements. In Kenya an early priority was youth representation in climate decisions. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 24, 2026 at 4:30 PM
On the International Day of Climate Action: VCA chose its countries for climate vulnerability, limited civic space and emerging local movements. In Kenya an early priority was youth representation in climate decisions. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
In the April and May 2024 floods, our Girls Climate Advocates and male champions mapped about 350 affected Mathare residents, raised money and handed out clothes, shoes, books and food. Funding came after. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
In the April and May 2024 floods, our Girls Climate Advocates and male champions mapped about 350 affected Mathare residents, raised money and handed out clothes, shoes, books and food. Funding came after. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
Every Kenyan county except Nairobi and Mombasa gets FLLoCA's climate resilience investment grants, the World Bank says, because those two have no rural wards. Mathare needs an urban window before the next financing round. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Every Kenyan county except Nairobi and Mombasa gets FLLoCA's climate resilience investment grants, the World Bank says, because those two have no rural wards. Mathare needs an urban window before the next financing round. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
VCA's problem statement: climate governance is not inclusive, civic space is shrinking, and women, girls and marginalised groups rarely have a say. In 2022, young people in Mathare asked us to take climate to local leaders. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
VCA's problem statement: climate governance is not inclusive, civic space is shrinking, and women, girls and marginalised groups rarely have a say. In 2022, young people in Mathare asked us to take climate to local leaders. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
About 15 girls from our 2023 Mathare forums became Climate Justice Advocates, and our next contract named them facilitators of workshops for 120 girls. On Mashujaa Day, that is our number. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
About 15 girls from our 2023 Mathare forums became Climate Justice Advocates, and our next contract named them facilitators of workshops for 120 girls. On Mashujaa Day, that is our number. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
Our first VCA contract ran twelve weeks, 1 July to 30 September 2022, for EUR 5,000. Generation Shapers Youth Group held it, and it was built around media and communications. On Mondays we show what it did. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Our first VCA contract ran twelve weeks, 1 July to 30 September 2022, for EUR 5,000. Generation Shapers Youth Group held it, and it was built around media and communications. On Mondays we show what it did. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
Hivos's VCA partner in Mathare from 2022 to 2025 was Youth and Urbanism, a youth-led organization rooted there. Our program record is on youthandurbanism.org. Write to info@youthandurbanism.org #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Hivos's VCA partner in Mathare from 2022 to 2025 was Youth and Urbanism, a youth-led organization rooted there. Our program record is on youthandurbanism.org. Write to info@youthandurbanism.org #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
Voices for Just Climate Action was six organizations: Akina Mama wa Afrika, Fundación Avina, Hivos, SDI, SouthSouthNorth and WWF-Netherlands. Five worked in Kenya. Hivos was our partner, in Mathare. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Voices for Just Climate Action was six organizations: Akina Mama wa Afrika, Fundación Avina, Hivos, SDI, SouthSouthNorth and WWF-Netherlands. Five worked in Kenya. Hivos was our partner, in Mathare. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
Only 1.7% of climate finance reached small-scale farmers in developing countries, IFAD and CPI found. On World Food Day we start 442 days on our work as Hivos's VCA partner in Mathare, 2022 to 2025. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
October 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Only 1.7% of climate finance reached small-scale farmers in developing countries, IFAD and CPI found. On World Food Day we start 442 days on our work as Hivos's VCA partner in Mathare, 2022 to 2025. #VoicesForJustClimateAction #YouthAndUrbanism
Through our #VoicesforJustClimateAction programme, SSN works with 5 partners across 7 countries in the Global South to vest the power, resources & decision-making around #climateaction in the hands of those who are most affected & best placed to develop & implement it.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Through our #VoicesforJustClimateAction programme, SSN works with 5 partners across 7 countries in the Global South to vest the power, resources & decision-making around #climateaction in the hands of those who are most affected & best placed to develop & implement it.
Learn more: buff.ly/znEa03x
Learn more: buff.ly/znEa03x
Nos últimos 24 anos, a Amazônia perdeu 87.591 km² de áreas protegidas – o equivalente a 57 cidades de São Paulo. Um levantamento da InfoAmazonia mostra que a legislação de proteção sofreu 60 alterações.
#VACBrasil #açãoclimáticajusta #voicesforjustclimateaction
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#VACBrasil #açãoclimáticajusta #voicesforjustclimateaction
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Amazônia perde área de unidades de conservação equivalente a 57 cidades de SP devido a mudanças na legislação
De 2000 a 2024, a região perdeu 87 mil km² dessas áreas protegidas. Levantamento da InfoAmazonia revela que legislação sobre proteção das unidades de conservação sofreu 60 alterações no período. Atualmente, sete propostas ainda tramitam no Congresso Nacional e na Justiça. Caso sejam aprovadas, poderão impactar mais 13.448 km².
infoamazonia.org
March 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Nos últimos 24 anos, a Amazônia perdeu 87.591 km² de áreas protegidas – o equivalente a 57 cidades de São Paulo. Um levantamento da InfoAmazonia mostra que a legislação de proteção sofreu 60 alterações.
#VACBrasil #açãoclimáticajusta #voicesforjustclimateaction
infoamazonia.org/2025/03/12/a...
#VACBrasil #açãoclimáticajusta #voicesforjustclimateaction
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As queimadas em São Félix do Xingu atingem áreas de proteção ambiental e terras indígenas, como a Terra Indígena Kayapó. #VACBrasil #açãoclimáticajusta #voicesforjustclimateaction
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São Félix do Xingu foi município mais afetado pelo fogo em 2024
Queimadas em São Félix do Xingu atingem áreas de proteção ambiental e terras indígenas, como a Terra Indígena Kayapó. Em 2024, esse foi o território indígena mais afetado por focos de incêndio no Brasil, com 3.259 registros.
infoamazonia.org
March 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
As queimadas em São Félix do Xingu atingem áreas de proteção ambiental e terras indígenas, como a Terra Indígena Kayapó. #VACBrasil #açãoclimáticajusta #voicesforjustclimateaction
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Mais de 9 mil indígenas deixaram a Venezuela e migraram para o Brasil desde 2015. A crise política e econômica é um fator, mas os impactos ambientais também forçam esse deslocamento.
#VACBrasil
#açãoclimáticajusta
#voicesforjustclimateaction
infoamazonia.org/2025/03/05/e...
#VACBrasil
#açãoclimáticajusta
#voicesforjustclimateaction
infoamazonia.org/2025/03/05/e...
Em 10 anos, mais de 9 mil indígenas venezuelanos migram para o Brasil
Análise da InfoAmazonia com base nos dados da Organização Internacional para as Migrações (OIM) mostra que indígenas do país vizinho deixam seus territórios de origem devido a impactos ambientais, como os causados pela exploração de petróleo.
infoamazonia.org
March 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Mais de 9 mil indígenas deixaram a Venezuela e migraram para o Brasil desde 2015. A crise política e econômica é um fator, mas os impactos ambientais também forçam esse deslocamento.
#VACBrasil
#açãoclimáticajusta
#voicesforjustclimateaction
infoamazonia.org/2025/03/05/e...
#VACBrasil
#açãoclimáticajusta
#voicesforjustclimateaction
infoamazonia.org/2025/03/05/e...