Jennifer Kwao

Jennifer Kwao is the editorial and project officer of the Green European Journal, with a background in EU law and external relations. She is also the co-founder of the climate justice platform 1.2 Diaries which documents and amplifies the ideas, expertise, and lived experiences of those most impacted by a world at 1.2+ degrees warming. Her work and advocacy focus on climate justice, racial justice, diaspora youth mobilisation, and Africa-EU relations.

Articles

05.12.2023
From Uganda to COP: An Activist’s Fight for Climate Justice

Ugandan activist Patience Nabukalu talks about her experience as a climate activist in the Global South.

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10.11.2023
Young, Driven but Sidelined: African Climate Activists Fighting From the Margins 

Three stories on the struggle for inclusion even as youth representation and climate justice has gained recognition in the mainstream.

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18.09.2023
Africa Climate Summit: Historic Turn or Wasted Opportunity?

We asked climate justice researcher Roland Ngam about the summit's significance and the alternatives to the green growth model it promoted.

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13.06.2023
Hot Conflicts

When do environmental conflicts turn violent? How are military and environmental conflicts related?

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13.06.2023
Ghana’s Small-Scale Mining Menace

How the mad rush for precious minerals and gold is sowing seeds of conflict in Ghana.

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23.03.2023
Can Nigeria Bounce Back from its Flawed Election?

Two experts react to Nigeria’s presidential election and its future relation with the rest of the world.

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30.11.2022
Faces of the Crisis

How the cost of living crisis affects the everyday lives of people around Europe.

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15.09.2022
The Untold Story of the Food Crisis

Russia’s war on Ukraine marks a tipping point for a deeply unequal and flawed global food system.

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27.10.2021
Gender in Climate Governance: Telling Numbers but Who is Listening?

The UN climate regime has a gender problem and it negatively affects our ability to combat the climate crisis.

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08.06.2021
Gender Justice: Beyond Binaries and Buzzwords

Breaking the silos of the mainstream and in gender equality policies requires a new approach centred around justice.

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30.11.2020
Black Lives Matter in Brexit Britain

Riding on a wave of nostalgia and amnesia, Britain set on a course to leave the EU. Disparities of the pandemic and the anti-racist movement brought home how the imperial past haunts today.

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