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Isaac Kabongo on Adaptation Challenges in East Africa

December 9, 2011 / / 0 Comments

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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

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

Kevin C. Urama on adaptation initiatives and ATPS’s conference hopes

December 5, 2011 / / 0 Comments

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Dr. Kevin C. Urama, Executive Director of the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), voices his desire for the government’s of the world to wise up and save the planet. He calls for a legally binding agreement and praises the knowledge sharing occurring at COP 17 between countries. Urama then explains that African adaptation initiatives are coming from multiple actors, the most interesting being rural farmers who are forced to adapt out of necessity. He says funding for these activities comes from multiple relationships – mainly bilateral international and national agencies. He calls for the private sector to invest in adaptation initiatives because governments cannot fund it forever and, he claims, they could make business out of it.

Interviewed by Emily Bowie on December 5, 2011, COP 17, Durban, South Africa