“It is only until you have carried your own water that you know the value of it” - African proverb. Writing for our COP26 special publication, The Scottish Beacon, Chinyanta Kabaso looked at the importance of climate justice in the struggle against at climate change - and how young people with the YCSA have been working towards a more diverse climate movement.

On the day of the biggest climate justice march in Glasgow, the Southside feeder march was kept buoyed by a community built soundsystem that encapsulated the spirit of the area, with a nod to the political beginnings of sound-system culture

“The climate crisis is huge and scary. Even the most environmentally aware of us instinctively want to suppress that fear, to put it on the bottom of the mental list and wish it would go away”. The fight for climate justice wearing you down? Read a handy illustrated guide for an environmentally-conscious morale boost.

Originally published in our COP26 special issue, Chinyanta Kabaso wrote about the need for climate literacy education to be delivered to people who are under-represented and who have struggled against injustice.