‘We want compensation for people who lost homes’ – Ugandan activist

Nyombi Morris is a climate activist from Uganda. He began to learn about climate change after floods washed away his home in 2008. “Since that time, things have never been easy for my family. When I heard the floods that hit us were linked to climate change, I had to read more about it.”

He says he’s attending COP27 to share his story as a climate migrant and to demand compensation for communities that have lost their homes.

Nyombi came armed with a report from Fridays for Future Uganda, full of young Ugandan voices. But he says he hasn’t had the opportunity to present it at the summit and has found it hard to make his voice heard, although he has observer status which allows him to participate in side events.

He’s not hopeful that strong enough plans for finance for loss and damage – to help countries affected by the impacts of climate change – will be established at this year’s summit.

“This has been a polluter’s COP,” he adds – in reference to the number of fossil fuel lobbyists who have been present.