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Thursday 15. of July 2010

The paradox of climate change impact on African societies.

Class: Makerere University | By: Mugisha

In the tropics especially here in Uganda, the climate conditions are either dry or wet depending on the season. Since many of African societies are agricultural and illiterate, seasonal changes have since time immemorial been predicted in a rudimentary way through prediction of seasons. For a very long time farmers have been able to forecast weather changes without use of any modern equipment. This has been done through...

Thursday 15. of July 2010

The paradox of climate change impact on African societies.

Class: Makerere University | By: Mugisha

In the tropics especially here in Uganda, the climate conditions are either dry or wet depending on the season. Since many of African societies are agricultural and illiterate, seasonal changes have since time immemorial been predicted in a rudimentary way through prediction of seasons. For a very long time farmers have been able to forecast weather changes without use of any modern equipment. This has been done through...

Tuesday 22. of June 2010

Reviving school gardens as a tool for climate change adaptation.

Class: Makerere University | By: mugisha

Climate change is the world’s greatest threat so far. Despite all the efforts brought up to mitigate it, the world especially the developed countries don’t seem to be decisive on exactly what they should as the cutting on the greenhouse gases threaten their economic prosperity. This is why the highly anticipated COP15 talks in Copenhagen only ended up in an Accord rather than a binding legal instrument. The obvious truth is that where as we wait for the big time emitters to...

Monday 19. of April 2010

The paradox of climate change impact on African societies

Class: Makerere University | By: mugisha

Friday 12. of March 2010

Ugandan landslides

Class: Makerere University | By: mugisha

The beginning of this month has not been the best here as more than 300 people have been killed in landslides as well as the entire villages buried under the mud. The government is trying to relocate the remaining villages as it is predicted that some more landslides may occur in areas around mt Elgon. Other districts have suffered the same prloblem especially in the Southwestern parts of Kabale and Kisoro. Questions have been looming on whether the landslides are...

Tuesday 20. of October 2009

COP15 Youths Petition

Class: Makerere University | By: mugisha

As the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen nears,alot of skeptism as to concluding a deal is on. But nevertheless its nolonger a secret that the most victims of Climate change impacts are the poor communities in the 3rd world. Here in Kampala we have come up with the initiative to petition the COP15 to make sure they crack a fair deal puting more emphasis on reducing the GHG to atleast more than 25% as well as helping communities to adapt to the situation....

Wednesday 09. of September 2009

Climate change to affect children more in LDCs

Class: Makerere University | By: mugisha

This week has seen most west African states of Burkina Faso,Niger,and others experience rains that have not been seen in a while. As all this is happening it is important to recall that most of the communities affected are those poor communities which of course have nothing to do but to wait for assistance from donors as well as their own inefficient governments. Imagine the plight of those children in such communities who will be missing school due to the floods not...

Friday 04. of September 2009

climate change,malaria and counterfeit drugs in uganda

Class: Makerere University | By: mugisha

Hullo, Our country is one of those hardly hit by climate change impacts like long dry spells,floods and famine. in fact people have died in some regions. It is however alarming that even such impacts like malaria are likely to continue claiming people en mass as most anti malarial drugs sold here are fake. As i chill i have sent an article to one of the news papers here as well as to my social network blog condemning the act.

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