00:00Across Africa, climate change is no longer a distant threat.
00:03It is happening now.
00:05But what does this reality mean for the young people living through it?
00:09We've seen the issue of El Nino, floodings,
00:14which has particularly affected a number of people.
00:19People have lost their lives.
00:35I think the most noticeable thing that I can talk about
00:38is maybe the extreme heat wave that we've been experiencing,
00:42and I think also issues to do with patterns in terms of rainfall.
00:46From unpredictable rainfall to rising temperatures,
00:50the impact of climate change are being felt in homes,
00:53in communities, and in livelihoods.
00:56I would advise maybe the government to provide more information
01:00or even mitigation measures,
01:01so that if this rainfall doesn't happen, or what to expect.
01:05Make a law that makes it mandatory for anyone who owns a building
01:09to put solar panels on the roof.
01:10And maybe they can say you get into a partnership with private building owners
01:14and then you put government solar panels there, set up a solar farm.
01:19We nearly got there in Zimbabwe at some point,
01:22and then, of course, we lost that opportunity to corruption.
01:25People are not adopting quick enough.
01:27They're not adopting because they don't believe that climate change is actually real.
01:30And they don't believe it's real because there's so much climate disinformation
01:34and misinformation that we see online.
01:36I would definitely want the regulation of social media platforms
01:39in how they share and spread climate news and climate information.
01:42If you have to take a decision, I would start to conscientize people.
01:46What we call co-citizenity is all behavior and action
01:50that goes in the sense of preserving nature.
01:52The message is clear.
01:54Young Africans are not just witnessing the crisis.
01:57They have ideas.
01:58They have solutions and demands for change.
02:01From the drought-stricken Sahel to the Horn of Africa
02:04and the flood-prone communities of Central Africa,
02:07climate change is already reshaping lives
02:10and the projections are alarming.
02:12By 2030, up to 180 million people living in extreme poverty in Africa
02:19could be exposed to drought, floods and extreme heat.
02:23But the question is, who is preparing for what comes next?
02:27More than 13 million people across Africa were affected
02:30by extreme weather and climate events in 2025.
02:34Climate risks are expected to intensify across the continent.
02:38At COP31, the question is not whether Africa is experiencing climate change.
02:44The question is whether the world will listen to those living through it
02:48and take action.
