Tatenda Dlali

I am a 21 year old South African from Johannesburg who is currently studying Biology in Germany. My interest in climate justice began when I was 12 years old. In 2019, I joined the Conscious Campaign— an anti-hatefulness campaign started by young South Africans. In 2019 I facilitated language classes for children in grades 5 to 8. In 2020 I started fundraising for a non-profit environmental organisation aimed at reforestation and climate education, among other things. After learning about the intersectional and even interdependent nature of environmental justice and human rights, I became interested in climate justice and intersectionality with particular interest in afro feminism. After being in contact with young people who are actively involved in policy making, I developed an interest in context specific policy making and policy commentary and have been actively engaged with it since 2022.