Countering the statistical numbness of conversations surrounding the climate crisis, Aziba Ekio provides a vivid portrait of the “subtle, emotional, and social effects” of climate change on the Nigerian population through her writing. Her locality, Abuja, is already facing the effects of global warming that the majority of the global North is yet to see, and her poem anthology, the color, Green, is her “contribution to the fight for climate action.” 

Her first anthology, entitled The Color, Green is her contribution to the fight for climate action. During the Young Climate Prize program, Ekio worked with Sumayya Vally, founder and director of Counterspace. The poet was awarded a Special Jury Prize for her work bringing light to the climate crisis through writing and spoken word. 

The Young Climate Prize jury said: “As one of the oldest tools of communication, poetry still manages to remain so powerful today, and helps to grow a collective weight around  issues. Aziba’s poetry is extremely stirring, uplifting, passionate, and moving, and her strong voice in the fight to tackle the climate crisis will undoubtedly be heard.”