Climate change has become a harsh reality today. From rising average temperatures and extreme climate events to diminishing forest cover, the scenario is turning bleak by the day.

Another phenomenon that has been noticed across the globe is that climate change disproportionately affects women and girls. Women are more likely to live in poverty; they are at the receiving end of systemic violence; women also have lesser access to basic human rights etc. come moments of instability and these factors end up impacting women much more.

Although women have been dealt a tough hand when it comes to the climate crisis, they are not backing down. Female environmental and climate activists have become strong pillars advocating for change throughout the world.

A host of young, informed, and persistent women have been vigorously working to convince governments and corporations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent catastrophic climate change.

Women climatic activists have been working day and night to save the environment and society. To overcome this situation, some of them have taken great steps.

Let’s meet eight such young female climate activists who are fighting the good fight to create a sustainable future for our generations to come.

Greta Thunberg-Sweden

Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg, widely known as Greta Thunberg, is arguably the most famous name fighting against climate change. A Swedish environmental activist, she was born on 3rd January 2003. The young female activist established the ‘Friday's for Future’ campaign which is also called School Strike for Climate in 2018 on the problem of climate change.

Greta was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome in her early years. The ailment causes an abnormality in social interactions but with normal intelligence and language development.

She gained popularity by spearheading several initiatives. She held many strikes in various countries like Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, Denmark, and France. Greta has also given several speeches about climate change at events such as the World Economic Forum in Davos, the European Parliament, and Switzerland.

She has been popular worldwide since she took steps and challenged world leaders to take immediate action against climate change.

Luisa Neubauer-Germany

The most well-known spokesperson for the German Climate movement is Luisa Neubauer. The 26-year-old climate activist is one of the 100 global emerging voices recognized by the TIMES in 2022.

At the UN Climate Change Conference in 2018, she met Greta Thunberg, and both of them together started a movement in Germany. Lusia has also organized eleven global climate strikes, has taken part in four climate conferences, and met numerous leaders of state and government. She also won a historic ruling case of climate ligitation against the German Government.

Shalvi Sakshi-Fiji

Shalvi Sakshi is a 12-year-old girl from the island of Vanua Levu. She is a young climate activist who famously said, 'This is the time to do something to slow down the rising of sea levels." She said these words when tropical cyclone Winston struck her country Fiji. It was a major hurricane that affected more than 540,000 people. Shalvi was deeply impacted by the event and thus decided to take a step and bring awareness throughout the country. She has helped many lives so far and has also spoken out about the climatic changes on several forums.

India Logan-Riley — Aotearoa / New Zealand

India Logan-Riley is a climate activist and a Maori archaeology student. Her primary focus of being an activist is the rights of indigenous people. The residents of Maori were adversely getting affected owing to rising sea levels. India spoke about this cause and the climatic changes all over the world. She also attended the UN's climate talks in 2015 and 2016 when she was a member of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus.

India was awarded the Bright Award from Stanford University in 2021 which recognizes individuals who help impact "environmental preservation and global sustainability."

Ridhima Pandey-India

Indian environmental activist Ridhima Pandey who was born in 2008 is a young female activist who promotes taking action against climate change. She brought forward a lawsuit against the Indian government addressing not taking proper steps on climate change when she was only nine years old. Ridhima also took major steps and filed a complaint to the UN mentioning how some countries were failing to address the climate crisis.

Isra Hirsi-US

Isra Hirsi is an American environmental activist who was born on February 22, 2003. She is the co-founder and co-executive director of the United States Youth Climate Strike. She was included in Fortune's list of the 40 Under 40 in Government and Politics in 2020.

Ilhan Omar who is the representative of the U.S. is the father of Isra Hirsi. She led hundreds of strikes across the nation due to the awareness of climatic changes. Isra began participating in climate advocacy and became one for intersectionality and diversity both within the fight for climate justice as well in her day-to-day life.

Nakabuye Hilda F. — Uganda

Just like Greta Thunberg, Hilda started the Fridays for Future movement in Uganda. She is a climate and environmental rights activist born in Uganda. She fights for climatic changes along with the rights of racial diversity and gender equality. Protecting Lake Victoria, which connects Uganda to its neighbors, is one of her primary environmental concerns. She also travels to schools and colleges to address the underprivileged people and especially women about the climate and environmental changes, she encourages them to join the battle against it. To promote digital awareness, she also created Climate Strike Diaries.

Winnie Asiti- Kenya

Winnie is a young Kenyan female activist who started her battle against climate change in 2006 when she attended the UN's climate change negotiations in Nairobi, Kenya.

She became an advisor of the Global Greengrants' Next Generation Climate Board where she said to grant loans to those environmental activists who work for the country. Winnie also helps communities in the development of their climate change strategies.