Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi

The accessible, acronym-free podcast about climate change in Uganda.

About the show

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.

Episodes

  • Climate Talk Extra - Dealing with waste water

    December 13th, 2024  |  11 mins 53 secs
    design, flood, infrastructure, jilius musiimenta, mitigation, uganda, urban planning, water resource management

    Dealing with waste water - it's not everyone's idea of fun, but it is an area of increasing opportunity. From storing water for use in irrigation to treating it for re-use in the household. Featuring water engineer Julius Musiimenta.

  • Episode 13: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

    December 13th, 2024  |  16 mins 24 secs
    climate change, floods, infrastructure, julius musiimenta, kampala, uganda, water management

    'The bridge that was designed for 1960 can not be the same bridge for today.' Future oriented thinking is the key to handling water in a climate-changing future. Sanitation engineer Julius Musiimenta explains.

  • Climate Talk Extra - Using Uganda's rainfall history to model future rain events

    December 3rd, 2024  |  10 mins 55 secs

    Dr Max Kigobe of Makerere University on researching historical rainfall patterns, modeling future rainfall events, and why he first got interested in understanding Uganda's climate.

  • Episode 12: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

    December 2nd, 2024  |  17 mins 48 secs
    civil engineering, climate change, climate smart construction, floods, infrastructure, kampala, planning, uganda, urban planning

    In the wake of the serious floods over the past few weeks, we talk with Dr Max Kigobe of Makerere University about why they're happening and how Uganda can best prepare for future rainfall-related climate events.

  • Episode 11: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

    November 14th, 2024  |  38 mins 36 secs
    climate sense, climate talk uganda, josephine karungi, kampala, nick pyatt, revocatus twinomuhangi, uganda

    Climate change resilience. It's easy to talk about, but what does it mean - globally and in Uganda? Featuring Professor Revocatus Twinomuhangi of Makerere University and Nick Pyatt of the private sector consultancy firm Climate Sense.

  • Episode 10: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

    November 1st, 2024  |  23 mins 53 secs
    climate change, joel cherop, taban malis george, teddy aine, uganda

    Garbage, floods and firewood. Humans, storks and wetlands. We range far and wide as we chat with three of our listeners about some of the ideas and issues raised in the first nine episodes of the podcast.

  • Episode 9: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

    October 18th, 2024  |  20 mins 53 secs
    climate change, irrigation, josephine karungi, uganda, water cycle

    Too much water. Too Little water. Water in all the wrong places. Water at all the wrong times. And what to do about it.

  • Episode 8: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

    September 26th, 2024  |  20 mins 34 secs
    brian namanya, cathy watson, rhino camp refugee settlement, sustainable agriculture, world agroforestry

    In this episode we hear from two locations: Bukerekere Village in Central Uganda and Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement in the Arua District in the north west, about how agroforestry works, and why it's one way communities can practice sustainable and profitable agriculture in a changing climate.

  • Episode 7: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

    September 20th, 2024  |  20 mins 27 secs
    carol kayanja, gender and land, land tenure, ucobac, uganda community based association for women and children welfare

    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.

  • Episode 6: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

    September 6th, 2024  |  25 mins 52 secs
    agnes kirabo, climate change, food rights alliance, uganda

    Agnes Kirabo of Uganda's Food Rights Alliance on the intersection of climate change, hunger and malnutrition, and the opportunities presented by the need to adapt to climate change.

  • Episode 5: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

    August 27th, 2024  |  33 mins 6 secs
    climate change, coffee, gerald tenywa, ole rasmussen, uganda

    Exploring the big picture of climate change in Uganda with journalist Gerald Tenywa and Danish economist Ole Rasmussen.

  • Episode 4: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

    August 9th, 2024  |  32 mins 4 secs
    achilles byaruhanga, climate change, climate smart jobs, nature uganda

    Josephine Karungi in conversation with the fascinating and inspiring Achilles Byaruhanga, Executive Director of Nature Uganda about climate change, adaptation and ecosystems.

  • Episode 3: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

    July 11th, 2024  |  24 mins 42 secs
    agriculture, arua, betty ikanza, climate change, east africa, koboko, uganda

    How climate change poses particular challenges for women across Uganda, and how communities are implementing solutions.

  • Episode 1: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

    June 25th, 2024  |  22 mins 22 secs
    action aid, arua, climate change, gulu, jospehine karungi, lira, uganda, xavier ejoyi

    Smallholder farmers in Arua, Gulu and Lira on how climate change is affecting their lives; and Xavier Ejoyi of Action Aid on resilient communities.

  • Episode 2: Climate Talk Uganda with Josephine Karungi

    June 25th, 2024  |  18 mins 10 secs
    climate change, farming, hon dr victoria sekitoleko, kenneth tibamanya, uganda

    Honorable Dr. Victoria Sekitoleko, former Minister of Agriculture for Uganda, talks about her advocacy for farming communities; and an agricultural extension worker in Kiryandongo District on the ongoing impacts of climate change on his work.