Bare patches of land are a common sight in the forests of Uganda. Forest cover here has depleted from 24 percent to just 8 percent since the 1990s. It s a problem all over the world, according to Global Forest Watch, which claims more than 12 million hectares of tree cover in the tropics was lost in 2020 alone
And so one young activist is fighting back. Leah Namugerwa,16, is on a mission to replant the forests of her country. I celebrated my birthday in 2019 by planting 200 trees. That is when I was turning 15-years-old and I did again last year when I was turning 16-years-old, I planted 500 trees , Namugerwa said.
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Climate change is a reality that we have been facing for many years now – it’s time to take charge and act.
The problem became so adverse that in 2015, 196 parties signed a legally binding international treaty on climate change, commonly referred to as The Paris Agreement. Limiting global warming under 2 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels, is the primary goal of this treaty.
Such initiatives are key to fighting the issue. And, they must be set in motion now.
According to NASA, 2019 was declared the hottest year ever with average global temperatures 0.98 degrees Celsius warmer than the 20th century.
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