Storytelling for Climate Justice: Media, Voices, and the Just Transition
From frontline communities to global summits, stories are shaping how the world understands and responds to the climate crisis. Visual media, digital advocacy, and Indigenous storytelling are revealing what’s often missing from data — the lived experiences of those navigating adaptation, loss and damage, and the fight for a just transition. Across Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific, youth and local storytellers are not just documenting change — they’re driving it.
This session will explore how storytelling can bridge policy, science, and community experience, reframing the climate narrative toward justice, resilience, and collective imagination. Together, we’ll ask: how can media and storytelling help build the inclusive transitions our world urgently needs?
Speakers
Allan Sebyala — Ugandan climate activist and visual storyteller using photography and film to amplify climate justice narratives and drive youth-led action.
Bello Yusuf Yusuf — Young African climate advocate leveraging digital storytelling and communication to elevate youth voices and advance sustainability through Yanayi Haqi Afriqya.
What to Expect
Center local and Indigenous voices – Highlight stories from youth and Indigenous communities leading climate adaptation and advocacy.
Reimagine climate communication – Explore how visual and digital media bring lived experience to policy spaces.
Bridge science and storytelling – Discuss how narratives make climate data human, urgent, and actionable.
Drive inclusive action – Learn how local storytelling accelerates just transitions and community resilience.
Collaborate across sectors – Examine how partnerships between journalists, artists, and advocates amplify climate justice movements.
Why Join?
Discover how storytelling can translate climate complexity into human connection.
Learn from Indigenous and youth-led media innovators advancing climate justice.
Explore practical ways to integrate narrative and advocacy in your work.
Walk away with inspiration and tools to tell climate stories that drive change.
Who Should Attend?
Storytellers, journalists, and media creators.
Youth and Indigenous leaders using storytelling for climate action.
Funders and organizations supporting media and advocacy initiatives.
Anyone committed to reframing the climate narrative for justice and impact.