Living Climate Change Africa

著者: BBC Media Action
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  • For most people around the world, weather forecasts are easily available, understandable, mostly accurate – and taken for granted. But in Eastern Africa, climate change is contributing to rapidly changing and more extreme weather patterns, including harsh drought and devastating flooding. Herders and farmers may have no access to smartphones or even radios, and even if they do, how weather information is presented may be too technical to have much relevance in their daily lives.


    But understanding the changing weather is increasingly a matter of a life or death.


    The Living Climate Change Africa podcast speaks with everyday people across East Africa, to find out how they are living with climate change, how they understand weather patterns and predict what is ahead, if and how they are adapting and what they expect from leaders and policymakers. It also reveals how media and communication can play an effective role in making scientific weather forecasting more effective for audiences.


    Living Climate Change Africa is a production of BBC Media Action, the BBC's international charity, in collaboration with ICPAC and with financial support from the European Union. It was produced for BBC Media Action by Julian Macharia and presented by Diana Njeru.



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For most people around the world, weather forecasts are easily available, understandable, mostly accurate – and taken for granted. But in Eastern Africa, climate change is contributing to rapidly changing and more extreme weather patterns, including harsh drought and devastating flooding. Herders and farmers may have no access to smartphones or even radios, and even if they do, how weather information is presented may be too technical to have much relevance in their daily lives.


But understanding the changing weather is increasingly a matter of a life or death.


The Living Climate Change Africa podcast speaks with everyday people across East Africa, to find out how they are living with climate change, how they understand weather patterns and predict what is ahead, if and how they are adapting and what they expect from leaders and policymakers. It also reveals how media and communication can play an effective role in making scientific weather forecasting more effective for audiences.


Living Climate Change Africa is a production of BBC Media Action, the BBC's international charity, in collaboration with ICPAC and with financial support from the European Union. It was produced for BBC Media Action by Julian Macharia and presented by Diana Njeru.



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BBC Media Action
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  • Living Climate Change Africa Episode 5: Policy
    2022/11/17

     The Paris agreement, the Montreal protocol, the Stockholm convention, the Bonn agreement …there are countless agreements aimed at developing policies and getting countries to take action on climate change. 

     

    But climate scientists warn there is a gap between policy and action. We are currently on track for the Earth warming 2.8 degrees in this century – which would prove catastrophic for communities already struggling on the frontlines of climate change. And for communities in East Africa, these climate discussions are far removed from their daily lives.  

     

    In this fifth and final episode in our series, our host Diana Njeru explores what people in East Africa want from global leaders and policymakers, as they experience the extreme weather patterns caused by climate change. 



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    19 分
  • Living Climate Change Africa Episode 4: Projections
    2022/11/16

    What lies ahead for our global climate? The projections are bleak: wet areas will get wetter, dry areas drier. And countries across Africa will experience both extreme drought, and devastating flooding.   

     

    In this fourth episode in the series, our host Diana Njeru explores what the future holds for communities across East Africa, whose culture, traditions and livelihoods rely on our Earth. 



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    20 分
  • Living Climate Change Africa Episode 3: Decision-making
    2022/11/15

    How do you make critical decisions about your livelihood without trusted information?


    The increasingly unpredictable climate in East Africa is making it harder to make decisions – about whether to follow age-old migration patterns, which crops to grow, or when to go out on the water to fish.

     

    These decisions affect people’s lives and their very identities – so trusted information is critical. In this episode, our host, Diana Njeru, explores how people in East Africa are making these tough decisions, and what that means for their livelihoods and their traditions.



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    19 分

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