On the 24th of April, 2025 Youths4ClimateJustice held it’s April edition of the Climate cafe on Multimedia storytelling for climate justice at the Global Platform Zambia, aimed at exploring the role that storytelling plays in sending climate message that are impactful and advocate for change.
Y4CJ Communications Lead Autone Mululuma opened the cafe with a introduction to storytelling and why it is important in this age to be authentic, well-researched, have clear messaging and invest in visual and narrative techniques.
Mr. Luckson from Agents of Change Foundation Zambia took us through the opportunities and challenges that lie in environmental reporting in Zambia, highlight some of his experience as a journalist covering environmental stories in Zambia, emphasizing resilience and the appreciation of on-the-ground reporting.
Finally, the team from EnviroCast lead a session on how to leveraging social media for climate justice and environmental awareness. In there presentation they cited a documentary they have produced on the Kabwe Lead pollution and it’s impact of the local community, giving practical ways to use video and audio formats like podcasts to advocate for climate action.
