Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi

Episode 27: Communities Displaced by Floods and Other Impacts of Climate Change

June 27th, 2025  |  29 mins 48 secs

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Episode 26: What Progress in Protecting Uganda's Environment?

June 13th, 2025  |  27 mins 17 secs

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From 1983 to 2025 what progress has been made in protecting Uganda's environment? Ruth Kiwanuka - CEO of Joint Energy Environment Projects - offers some perspectives in light of ongoing challenges of climate change.

Episode 25: Predicting Healthcare Needs, AI and Climate Change

May 30th, 2025  |  29 mins

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AI may be an effective tool for anticipating Uganda's healthcare needs in the face of climate change disruptions.

Episode 24: The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health

May 16th, 2025  |  24 mins 28 secs

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We explore some of the connections between climate change and mental health challenges, to coincide with Mental Health week.

Episode 23: Climate Change and Health Outcomes in Uganda

May 2nd, 2025  |  31 mins 2 secs

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A compelling overview of how the health of Ugandans is being affected by climate change, and how the government is responding.

Episode 22: A Reminder of the Big Picture

April 18th, 2025  |  27 mins 26 secs

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Anthony Kagoro of the Food and Agriculture Organization reminds us of the root causes of climate change, and the importance of coherent and intentional approaches to adaptation in Uganda.

Episode 21: Food Prices, Farming and Climate Change Explained

April 6th, 2025  |  26 mins 47 secs

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Food prices go up, food prices go down. Why? And what has climate change got to do with it?

Episode 20: Talking Food Prices with Market Traders

March 24th, 2025  |  21 mins 16 secs

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Three market traders in Kampala chat with WIlliam Ssekiranda about the ups and downs of commodity prices from a small trader's perspective.

Episode 19: Two Perspectives on Rising Coffee Prices and Climate Change.

March 5th, 2025  |  42 mins 45 secs

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One Tribe cafe owner (and expert cupper) Gail Mawocha joins grower and exporter Robert Byaruhanga to compare perspectives on coffee prices, climate change and what the future may hold.

Episode 18: Two Innovations: Retaining Soil Moisture and Improving Soil Productivity

February 21st, 2025  |  23 mins 8 secs

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Two innovative thinkers, Nicholas Najuna and Namutebi Muniirah, join Josephine Karungi to explain how they're developing new ways to retain soil moisture and increase its productivity in the face of climate change.

Episode 17: Innovations to Prolong the Shelf-Life of Fruit and Vegetables

February 7th, 2025  |  18 mins 39 secs

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Two traders from Kasubi Market in Kampala talk to WIlliam Ssekiranda about how quickly produce begins to rot, and what an economic challenge that presents. Then we hear from two Ugandan innovators who are developing ways of extending the shelf-life of fresh produce.

Episode 16: Food Waste and Climate Change

January 24th, 2025  |  23 mins 57 secs

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If food waste was a country it'd be No.3 in the League Table of Climate Change Villains, behind USA and China. How come? And what can be done?

Episode 15: Electric boda-bodas

January 10th, 2025  |  31 mins 26 secs

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There's an estimated 350,000 boda-bodas in Kampala. What if they were electric?

Episode 14: Cycling could be key to unlocking Kampala's future in a climate-changed world

December 19th, 2024  |  25 mins 30 secs

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Improving Kampala (and Uganda's) cycling infrastructure - making it safer and easier to use - could be one of the keys to keeping the city livable into the future. Activist, community educator and avid cyclist Owiny Hakim explains.

Climate Talk Extra - Dealing with waste water

December 13th, 2024  |  11 mins 53 secs

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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: Planning, development and managing water

December 13th, 2024  |  16 mins 24 secs

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'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.