Stakeholders want creative arts to drive climate engagement

By Josfyn Uba
Climate advocates and creatives across Africa have called for greater use of art and creative expression to communicate climate policies and environmental issues to the public.
They made the call at the virtual Art for Climate Action Forum, organised recently by the founder of Climate Justice Africa Magazine, Joy Ify Onyekwere.
The pan-African forum brought together climate advocates, artists and environmental professionals to explore how music, painting, poetry and documentary storytelling could make complex climate issues easier for communities to understand and engage with.
Onyekwere said effective climate communication must connect with people’s everyday experie...