Climate Justice in Action foregrounds the resilience, creativity and political agency emerging across Eastern Africa—one of the regions most acutely affected by global climate disruption. Bringing together contributions from activists, scholars and community organizers, the volume showcases a wide spectrum of locally driven innovations aimed at confronting environmental crises by transforming structural inequalities and addressing their underlying causes. It centers community knowledge and intersectional strategies that link ecological sustainability with broader struggles for social and climate justice.

The collection documents the concrete interventions and policy shifts currently unfolding across Eastern Africa in response to intensifying challenges such as unpredictable weather patterns, displacement, disasters and growing energy and food insecurity. Through case studies, it explores African frameworks of climate justice and resistance, youth-led climate activism in Uganda and Kenya, climate-induced displacement in Somalia, the intersections of climate and sexual and reproductive health in Zimbabwe, and the role of environmental graffiti as a form of political expression in Sudan.

One of our members, Eileen Jahn, is part of the rich book project with her contribution, “Atmospheric Alchemy: Rethinking Paradigms of Water Abundance and Extraction“. In this short chapter, she looks at innovative solutions to water scarcity in Eastern Africa through Beth Koigi’s Majik Water technology. While air-to-water systems offer hope by reviving indigenous knowledge & providing decentralized water access, the contribution argues that the bigger picture must be addressed: governance, equity & our extractivist relationship with nature. Real climate justice means ensuring clean water is a right, not a commodity.

You can access both the book and the specific chapter through the links attached to this blog post.