Climate change isn’t something for the future; it is happening now and we need a now mentality to solve it. What if we cultivate youth leadership to build climate resilience around us? Jackline Edung is a founder the Kenya Institute of Energy, which offers practical education on alternative energy solutions to youth in oil-affected communities in Kenya’s Rift Valley, and will offer strategies and perspectives from her work educating and mobilizing youth to be part of the solution to the climate crisis.

Jackline Ochola Edung, Founder and CEO, Kenya Institute of Energy