Climate activists — including Vanessa Nakate and Hilda Nakabuye — are urging more banks and insurers not to back the controversial $5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline that is primed to transport oil from Uganda to the Tanzanian city of Tanga.
As a climate activist from Uganda, Hilda Flavia Nakabuye knows voices like hers aren't often heard in high-level negotiations, where powerful countries dominate. Yet the decisions made in those rooms are vital to her country.