Ineza Umuhoza Grace

Ineza Umuhoza Grace (born 1996) is an eco-feminist, climate activist and environmentalist from Kigali, Rwanda. She is the CEO of The Green Protector, co-ordinator of the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition and Research Assistant for the CCLAD project. She was a Global Citizen Prize winner in 2023.

Early life and education Grace was born and raised in Kigali, Rwanda. A storm flooded her house at the age of 5, and CNET reported on her as someone with personal experience of loss and damage; natural disasters such as floods are becoming a frequent occurrence in Rwanda. Grace produced an animated film—assisted by a grant from the National Geographic Society—to educate young people on climate change issues.

Grace graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Water & Environmental Engineering in 2018 from the University of Rwanda. After graduating, she studied climate change diplomacy with United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Business Management with the African Women Enterprise Cooperation.

Career Grace became interested in land neutrality activities, such as the conservation of the Congo Basin, during her time at the Youth Delegation at United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and as a MILEAD (Moremi Initiative Leadership Empowerment and Development) fellow, in 2017. She came to found The Green Fighter

At first, The Green Protector The Green Protector It has allowed Grace to work with 3500 young people, in addition to organising a cleaning day to clean up plastic in the local community and hosting a virtual dialogue between students from the University of Rwanda and South-West University in China about climate change.

In 2018, Grace was a climate change negotiator for the Rwandan delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), where she served as a youth contact to provide a youth perspective on important issues, such as climate change, to the government. This role allowed her to connect with leaders in Kigali to influence policies on education, employment, health, and the environment. —she used the grant to partake in an internship at the Global Green Growth Institute, where she helped implement projects while supporting youth engagement in line with Rwanda's environment and climate change policies. Their purpose was to hold world leaders accountable and urge them to take action on addressing environmental loss and damage. The Green Protector She additionally continues to be an activist against climate change and for eco-feminism through her work at The Green Protector

Awards Grace has achieved some awards for her efforts in eco-feminism, climate activism and environmentalism.