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

  • Episode 9: The water cycle and coping with disruption

    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: Agroforestry and climate change

    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: Women Speak about the Impacts of Climate Change

    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: Hunger, nutrition and food security in a changing climate

    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: Reporting on climate change and making a green economy work

    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: Marabou storks, wetlands and nature, with Achilles Byaruhanga of Nature Uganda

    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: Women in Arua balance domestic obligations with climate challenges

    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.

  • 1: Smallholder farmers living with climate change

    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: Agricultural extension work and an overview of agriculture and climate change

    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.