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Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi

Josephine Karungi

Climate Talk Uganda aims to explore all aspects of climate change in Uganda. Every two weeks we aim to feature a wide range of people who offer their perspectives on the challenges they - and Uganda - face as climate change continues to play out.

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Episode 16: Food Waste and Climate Change

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2025/01/23

Only the USA and China produce more greenhouse gases than food wastage. According to FAO estimates, the food that is lost and wasted could feed 1.26 billion hungry people every year. Brett Rierson has spent many years in the agricultural sector in Africa, and he's got some great perspectives on the causes of food wastage, how exactly it makes climate change worse, and what can be done to stop it. And you know, it turns out there are some very simple solutions that can make a very big impact. This

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Episode 15: Electric boda-bodas

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/12/27

Felix Muchiri of Green Hub East Africa discusses the benefits of boda-bodas that are not powered by petrol engines in a city where climate change impacts can be intense. 'We envision a time when the skies in Kampala can just be blue,' he says. Felix is a mechatronics and electronics engineer, and a passionate advocate for electric boda-bodas as one way of creating a sustainable, climate friendly transportation system in Uganda and East Africa. Felix also describes Green Hub East Africa's

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Episode 14: Cycling could be key to unlocking...

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/12/19

Going to work, school or shopping, cycling can be the easiest way to get around a congested city. As long as you can do it without fear of dying. Activist, community educator and avid cyclist Owiny Hakim explains what it's like to cycle in Kampala and why an integrated, comprehensive approach to making cycling easier and safer could pay huge dividends in the future. As the city grapples with the consquences of climate change, it turns out two wheels might be better than four. And Climate Talk's

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Climate Talk Extra - Dealing with waste water

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/12/12

Dealing with waste water - it's not glamourous but there are opportunities. From storing water for use in irrigation to treating it for re-use. Featuring Julius Musiimenta, who's been a sanitation and hydraulics consultant for many years. A graduate of Makerere University and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, he is currently working on a range of solutions dealing with water management in a climate change context.

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Episode 13: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/12/12

'The bridge that was designed for 1960 can not be the same bridge for today.' Sanitary engineer and water management specialist Julius Musiimenta talks to Josephine about all aspects of what happens to water when it arrives in large amounts at unpredictable times, how it impacts infrastructure and how it can be best dealt with in an uncertain future.Julius Musiimenta has been a sanitation and hydraulics consultant for many years. A graduate of Makerere University and IHE Delft Institute for Water

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Climate Talk Extra - Using Uganda's rainfall history...

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/12/03

Following on from our main episode this week, Dr Max Kigobe of Makerere University talks about researching historical rainfall patterns, modeling future rainfall events, and why he first got interested in understanding Uganda's climate.

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Episode 12: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/12/02

Drains, culverts, pipes and ditches: facilities you probably never think about. But vital to ensuring that Uganda is able to cope with the increased number and intensity of rainfall events brought on by climate change. What it comes down to is this: there's an urgent, ongoing need for integrated planning at all levels if Uganda is to successfully adapt to the challenges of climate change. So says our guest, Dr Max Kigobe of Makerere University. He's en engineer by training and has worked on major

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Episode 11: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/11/14

Deep stuff in this conversation. As a prelude to the next few episodes that'll explore climate change, infrastructure and transportation, we touch on the background to climate change in Uganda; agriculture, engineering and bridges; organisational thinking, the politics of climate change and economic justice. Professor Revocatus Twinomuhangi is Associate Professor and Dean of the School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Sciences at Makerere University. Nick Pyatt is a Director of Climate

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Episode 10: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/11/01

Teddy Aine is a student based in Kampala, Joel Cherop is a farmer and entrepreneur from the Sebei ranges of Mt Elgon, and Taban Malis George is a student at Victoria University with a background in aviation management. Toegther with William Ssekiranda of the production team they offer their reflections on our first few episodes, and how their thinking around climate change is evolving. We'll be making a habit of this kind of thing - hearing from listeners about the podcast. If you'd like to take

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Episode 9: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/10/18

Too much water. Too Little water. Water in all the wrong places, at the wrong times. That pretty much sums up global rainfall in the age of climate change. This week we explore the particular challenges we face in Uganda in adapting to unpredictable and extreme rainfall events. Joining us is Makerere University PhD candidate Judith Kobusinge, who shares her knowledge of the water cycle, how it's disrupted by a rapidly changing climate, and how various types of irrigation can help to alleviate

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Episode 8: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/09/26

Agriculture + Forestry = Agroforestry. Growing trees and agricultural crops together in a complementary relationship has been happening for thousands of years. In this episode we hear from two locations: Bukerekere Village in Central Uganda and Rhino Camp Refugee Settement in the Arua District, in the north west of the country. From these geographically distinct areas we hear first-hand how agroforestry works, and why it's one way communities can practice sustainable and profitable agriculture in a

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Episode 7: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/09/20

Between 75% and 80% of women provide farm labor in Uganda, yet only around 25% of women own land in their own right. Josephine Karungi examines how this impacts the ability of women to adapt to climate change, and the knock on effects on family wellbeing. We hear from farmer Kyomuhendo Annet Katusiime in Buwanuka, on how a changing climate necessitates new approaches to farming; and from Carol Kayanja of the Uganda Community Based Association for Women and Children Welfare about the ways climate

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Episode 6: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/09/06

The compelling Agnes Kirabo of Uganda's Food RIghts Alliance joins us this week from the Africa Food Systems Forum in Kigali, with her take on the conversations happening there around climate change, hunger and nutrition. She shares a tip from her mother on the best time for planting, and her own perspectives on the challenges and opportunities that climate change is bringing to Uganda. Our in-depth chat was recorded in June of this year - the first of many, we hope, with one of the most dynamic and

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Episode 5: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/08/26

Gerald Tenywa has been reporting for the last two decades on wildlife, ivory trafficking, forests, wetlands, pollution, oil, land, water and climate change. Ole Rasmussen is currently head of the Green Economy Team with Royal Danish Embassy in Uganda. We talk about how they first started working on climate change issues; what they've witnessed as communities are forced to adapt to sudden change; making sense of adaptation while still making a living. And how a rapidly changing climate may affect the

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Episode 4: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/08/09

Achilles Byaruhanga is the Executive Director of Nature Uganda, and he's an amazing person to listen to. This conversation with Josephine Karungi begins with the resilience and beauty of Marabou Storks (yes, you heard that right) and quickly moves on to the magical nature of wetlands, the vital importance of birdlife in Ugandan ecosystems, water resources and climate change, and the economic opportunties presented by the natural world in Uganda. It's a fantastic listen, and we hope you enjoy it as

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Episode 3: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/07/11

We begin this episode in Koboko, about 55 miles north of Arua, where we hear from two women about how they balance their many obligations, and how climate chance is making that more challenging. We also speak with Betty Ikanza, a Social Development Advisor with the British High Commission Kampala. She higlights how climate change impacts women in particular, and how communities are developing strategies to adapt to these changing circumstances. Want to drop us a line? climatetalkpod@gmail.com is

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Episode 1: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/06/28

This is an all-new podcast exploring the many ways that rural communities and individuals in Uganda are responding to climate change. In this first episode we hear from smallholder farmers in Arua, Gulu and Lira about how climate change is affecting their lives on a day-to-day basis. And Jospehine chats with Xavier Ejoyi, Uganda Country Director for Action Aid, about what he's learning about resilient communities across Northern Uganda as they work to adapt to a changing climate.Want to drop us a

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Episode 2: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi ·

2024/06/25

In this episode we hear from Kenneth Tibamanya, an agricultural extension worker, about serving communities in Kiryandongo District as they face the ongoing impacts of climate change. And we get a broader perspective on agriculture and climate from former Minister of Agriculture for Uganda, Honorable Dr. Victoria Sekitoleko. As a passionate advocate for farming communities, she talks about what she's seeing in communities across Uganda. Want to drop us a line? climatetalkpod@gmail.com is the place

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