Tag: East Africa

Isaac Kabongo on Adaptation Challenges in East Africa

December 9, 2011 / / 0 Comments

[ensemblevideo contentid=bORVd-KwkU6AvpjK-D0UPw] Mr. Isaac Kabongo, Executive Director of Ecological Christian Organization and Programme Fellow for Climate Action Network (CAN) Uganda, discusses adaptation challenges in East Africa. He describes how civil societies and the private sector are currently responsible for most of the adaptation initiatives in play and that the biggest challenges they face are poverty and income levels which further the need for external support. He also comments on how adaptation funding is both external and internal and on how south-south technology transfer is much easier than north-south transfer.

Interviewed by Emily Bowie on December 9, 2012, COP 17, Durban, South Africa

Isaac Kabongo on various approaches to the challenge of climate change

December 9, 2011 / / 0 Comments

[ensemblevideo contentid=5e8cH-9n1UadhPo1C7Dhdg iframe=false] Mr. Isaac Kabongo, Executive Director of Ecological Christian Organization and Programme Fellow for Climate Action Network (CAN) Uganda, discusses the necessity for climate change adaptation to be a collective intervention, involving all stakeholders and sectors. He also talks about the necessity for East Africans to be educated not about climate change in general, but rather the best ways for adaptation. Lastly, he addresses the efforts of faith-based organizations in acting on the ground for adaptation as well as calling governments and the private sector to take action.

Interviewed by Emily Bowie on December 9, 2012, COP 17, Durban, South Africa

Negash Teklu on Climate Change in Ethiopia

December 6, 2011 / / 0 Comments

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Mr. Negash Teklu from Ethiopia, Executive Director of Population, Health, Environment (PHE) Consortium Ethiopia and COP 17 Party Member to Ethiopia, discusses how climate change is affecting the environment in Ethiopia and East Africa in general and how these changes are negatively affecting poverty levels. He also discusses the hope Ethiopia has for the COP and the second period of the Kyoto Protocol.

Interviewed by Emily Bowie on December 6, 2011, COP 17, Durban, South Africa

Negash Teklu on adaptation initiatives in East Africa

December 6, 2011 / / 0 Comments

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Mr. Negash Teklu from Ethiopia, Executive Director of Population, Health, Environment (PHE) Consortium Ethiopia and COP 17 Party Member to Ethiopia, discusses the adaptation knowledge that local communities in East Africa possess and the need for governments, civil society and the private sector to engage the local communities and utilize this knowledge for adapting to climate change.

Interviewed by Emily Bowie on December 6, 2011, COP 17, Durban, South Africa