11/15/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/15/2024 05:12
Also featured in the film isDawda Cham, a Gambian environment and climate youth leader.
"I have seen first-hand the harsh impact of climate change," he said. "Two of my brothers died trying to migrate away from The Gambia, because of the devastation climate change is causing."
ActNowFilm premieres on 16th November in the 6th Capacity-Building Hubat the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, where some of the youth leaders in the film will be available to speak and offer interviews.
ActNowFilm: Youth Climate Leaders as Agents of Change was produced by the University of Bath Institute for Policy Research (IPR) and Cambridge Zero, working with Drummer Television.
"ActNowFilm tells the inspiring personal accounts of young people striving to counter the devastating impacts of climate change on them and the people in their communities," said Dr Amy Munro-Faure, Co-Director of the ActNowFilm Project.
It is the fourth film from the ActNowFilm Project, launched in 2021, and it showcases the work of eight young people aged 18-35 years old, who come from every continent except Antarctica, as well as experts in climate change.