Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi - Episodes Tagged with “Infrastructure”

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

Josephine Karungi — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0200

Going to work, school or shopping, cycling can be the easiest way to get around a congested city. As long as you can do it without fear of dying. Activist, community educator and avid cyclist Owiny Hakim explains what it's like to cycle in Kampala and why an integrated, comprehensive approach to making cycling easier and safer could pay huge dividends in the future. As the city grapples with the consquences of climate change, it turns out two wheels might be better than four.

And Climate Talk's William Ssekiranda shares his experience of a narrow escape after a bicyle accident a few years ago.

You can find out more about Hakim's work here:

https://kiu.ac.ug/news-page.php?i=kius-hakim-owiny-wants-to-turn-kampala-into-a-smart-city

and here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/owiny-hakim-966064243/?originalSubdomain=ug

Episode 13: Planning, Development and Managing Water

Josephine Karungi — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0200

'The bridge that was designed for 1960 can not be the same bridge for today.' Sanitary engineer and water management specialist Julius Musiimenta talks to Josephine about all aspects of what happens to water when it arrives in large amounts at unpredictable times, how it impacts infrastructure and how it can be best dealt with in an uncertain future.

Julius Musiimenta has been a sanitation and hydraulics consultant for many years. A graduate of Makerere University and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, he is currently working on a range of solutions dealing with water management in a climate change context.

Climate Talk Extra - Dealing with waste water

Josephine Karungi — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0200

Dealing with waste water - it's not glamourous but there are opportunities. From storing water for use in irrigation to treating it for re-use. Featuring Julius Musiimenta, who's been a sanitation and hydraulics consultant for many years. A graduate of Makerere University and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, he is currently working on a range of solutions dealing with water management in a climate change context.

Episode 12: Floods and infrastructure

Josephine Karungi — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0200

Drains, culverts, pipes and ditches: facilities you probably never think about. But vital to ensuring that Uganda is able to cope with the increased number and intensity of rainfall events brought on by climate change.

What it comes down to is this: there's an urgent, ongoing need for integrated planning at all levels if Uganda is to successfully adapt to the challenges of climate change. So says our guest, Dr Max Kigobe of Makerere University. He's en engineer by training and has worked on major infrastructure projects, so he brings an engineer's insights alongside experience in analysing historical patterns of rainfall in the country. Dr Kigobe has extensive experience in water resource and climate change modelling, and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Water Resources, Hydrology and Climate Change at Makerere University.

This is the first of two linked episodes in which we're asking engineers for their insights into infrastructure design and climate change.

You can find some of Dr Max Kigobe's research papers here:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Max-Kigobe

And you can get in touch with us here: climatetalkpod@gmail.com