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Ayisha Siddiqa

@ayisha_sid

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Executive Director @futuregenerationstribunal
Planetary Guardian @planetarygdns
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I am of a matriarchal bloodline, I know fierce like the cradle of my grandmother. The women in my family have created all that we have with sheer grit; despite the hurdles of living as tribal/rural woman in one of the most patriarchal and violent countries against women in the world.
This women’s day, this honor, I dedicate to them, for raising me, my sisters, my mom, my aunties, to create in spite of all that seeks to destroy us. Within their ferocity is hand quilted a timeless generosity. A kindness that wakes up every morning before sunrise to feed the children, that keeps giving life and color and joy. That offers a prayer, a bow, before it picks the orange off the tree. I learned how to love the earth, because I see my mother and all the women who have created me in the ripples of earth mother. Thank you for teaching me how to love and fight. And thank you @time for putting climate Justice on the cover! by @ayisha_sid

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4 years ago

I was blessed with a stage and a voice, and I dedicate it to the people of Palestine. With a utterly broken heart I dedicate it to Palestine. In front of the ministers and politicians of the world, let us not forget Palestine.

I opened the high level, Gender day event at the Conference of Parties where we are discussing how to preserve life from fungus to ecosystems, talking about gender justice but we have forgotten our humanity.

I know why the cage bird sings
(Inspired by Maya Angelou and Rilke)

Music is easier to make after heartbreak
So the cage bird sings “break my heart again”
And then break it again, so I can make sound

Let my cage have some bells and let the bells be broken
let me sing when it gets dark
Let me hang from the center and sway back and fourth
When my throat fails
Let the intensity of pain turn into water
And if there is no water, let my tune echo without me moving my mouth

And when the immense loneliness begins
When the world no longer listens
Through the empty space between the bars
Let this tune be what you have.

Because I am going to love life
As no one has taught you to love it by @ayisha_sid

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3 years ago

It has been a year since I’ve had the privilege of taking office as an advisor to the UNSG and wanted to share what I have been up to since then.

Conventionally, when we discuss solving climate change, we consider solutions through specific action tracks such as clean energy, recycling, or even personal consumption choices. Conversely, my experiences in entering the climate sphere taught me that what truly matters in climate advocacy is the governance frameworks and the texts that dictate them.

For the past two years (going into office) I have been working with youth advocates from roughly 12-15 countries to build a structure for democratizing access to dense international climate policy formation. We have set up a policy advocacy network that is working to ensure the text coming out of multilateral climate conventions aligns with the greater good of young people and future generations. We are collaborating with the best positioned actors from UN agencies, youth offices, and those who have been organizing grassroots protests to build a systematic effort to influence international climate convention text decisions. We are mentoring each other to develop fluency in language, provisions, and policy, so that we can, without being government officials or “lobbyists”, provide edits on climate negotiations. Together, we have created a structure that could stand up to corporate capture of international climate law.

We will be continuing this work into the new year especially as the conversation shifts to climate finance. There is still much hope if we get this right, if we analyze and restructure our monetary system to be conducive to a sustainable world rather than an ever consuming world. by @ayisha_sid

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It’s strange but I think as the political pendulum swings into an era of conservatism, we have gotten really passive with the language we use to talk about climate change. The amount of times I heard “overshoot” or “heat index” at NYCW was significantly more than the fact that the next super el-nino will kill half a million people next year.
I think we’ve also started normalizing climactic disasters. As if someone’s life was just a blip in time, and not an entire ending, not entire loss of memory, of culture of home.
It was my honor to talk about the real consequences at the 4th annual planetary boundary launch with Prossor Johan Rockstrom, President Santos and Mary Robinson, and Nobel prize winning scientist Professor Carlos Nobre. It was also my heartbreak to talk about these stories in a room so far removed from the places I mentioned. But I am greatful for this task.
Through the @futuregenerationstribunal my team and I will continue demarcating these stories. We will continue to insist that they are evidence of loss. We will make sure lives in their fullest are honored and so are the losses. by @ayisha_sid

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4 days ago

As New York climate week comes to an end, we would like to divert your attention to help us support a long time activist, friend and comrade from the movement.

Our colleague’s father is in critical condition as this post is being made, we need to fundraise $15,000 as soon as possible, it will ensure he can get further treatment. Please consider donating and sharing among your circles.

Solving the climate crisis is not simply about limiting carbon emissions, sometimes it’s making sure the health and well-being of our community members is supported.
People like our colleague have dedicated not only their time and health to the cause- they are working 3-4 jobs just to make ends meet. Many youth, like our colleague in this post are also the sole bread winners of their families.
They alone are not in the position to cover all the health costs needed for their father’s treatment.

If you have any questions feel free to reach out to: Ayisha and Chrissy. Again please visit and contribute to the go fund me!

Please visit the link in my bio and see below:
linktr.ee/SupportBeans

Thank you! by @ayisha_sid

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7 days ago

Evidence of life 💐🌷🌻 by @ayisha_sid

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a month ago

When @cultured_mag asked me to nominate a young activist, I was thrilled to shine a light on the remarkable @ayisha_sid. Swipe to read my interview with her, and check out @futuregenerationstribunal to learn more about her work. by @ayisha_sid

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What if the future is soft and revolution is so kind that there is no end to us in sight? ✨ 🌏 🌊

🎞️ by @feminist, 🎙️ voiceover: @gretathunberg, @janefonda, @ayisha_sid

🎙️: Greta Thunberg, “United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York 2019”; Jane Fonda, “60th Annual SAG Awards 2025”; Ayisha Siddiqa, “And All I’ve Got is a Love Poem”

🎶 Background music: Chubby Cree, “Green and Carol Powder” #earthday taken in Mother Earth by @ayisha_sid

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5 months ago

We’re so back! by @ayisha_sid

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6 months ago

In my Amal Clooney era!!

But seriously it’s been a dream come true, 1.5 years ago my team and I at the Future Generations Tribunal were invited to work with the Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change, to help bring community and local voices to the worlds highest court- so that they could share the stories with the ICJ as it worked on its Opinion on climate change. I worked on a portion of the testimonies from my bedroom in LA. I wasn’t able to join our team on the ground in The Hague because it was my first semester of law school and I had finals. @futuregenerationstribunal carried the work, the stories, with such an integrity, but my dream of seeing these halls still was unfulfilled. So when the opportunity to intern at the court presented itself, I leaped at it.
I’ve been working at the International Court of Justice this semester in lieu of taking classes and it’s been everything I hoped for. A part of this is a personal dream, and a part of it is a larger duty to the fight that is ahead. by @ayisha_sid

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7 months ago

“To be an environmental lawyer is to know that the earth is my client and she is never guilty” -paraphrasing a reel I read by @ayisha_sid

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7 months ago

"Ayisha Siddiqa's new project may just change the world."

In a feature for @guardian's Down to Earth newsletter, environmental editor Damian Carrington interviews our Founder and Executive Director @ayisha_sid, highlighting the sliver of hope that young activists' impactful work brings to the underwhelming political spectacle of COP30.

Read the Guardian's full feature now.

#FutureGenerationsTribunal #WhatWillTomorrowAsk #EastAfricaTribunal #HumanRights #ClimateJustice #IndigenousVoices #ICJ #COP30 taken in Belém da COP 30 by @ayisha_sid

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