Climate Change & Management of Natural Resources

Perhaps, another statement or other words will be used to transition the trail - MDGS, SDGs, perhaps, ZDGs. Fundamentally, evaluating these goals with a keen eye on impact, strategy, governance, and change etc. Looking at the Journey so far, and reaching the last mile especially for people being served.

GULE Thandile Tanzile,Eswatini,CFND Much appreciation Thandile, for such an elaborate response highlighting what is happening, continental wise, to address the water scarcity issue. I love that you mentioned cross-sectoral integration. I believe that is where most countries get it wrong, for example other ministries may deem water management and conservative as a preserve of the Ministry responsible water, forgetting that, Agriculture sector, for example, depends on water whether natural rain or through irrigation. That collaboration is needed to create cohesiveness in addressing water challenges and provide a more wholistic approach rather than a fragmented one. I also appreciate the concept of integrating traditional knowledge in water management, to help forge for sustainable water management as well as promote community involvement.

It’s inspiring to witness Climate Week! The focus on turning commitments into actions, particularly during the Implementation Forum (Sept 3–4), reflects the emerging leadership of climate action in Africa. Looking forward to outcomes feeding into ACS2 and COP30 and beyond

Thank you for sharing this! I love this game.

I managed to result the global warming to 1.87C, of course, did not get to the desired 1.5C but in line with Paris agreement; I managed to keep the world from melting away. am a firm believer that policies that are not people-friendly are not policy-worthy. This helped me in the game and was likewise my woe in this game. So, you have to know when to call the shot, how long it should be, how wide and when not to call it at all. Policymaking and enacting are not piece of cake and indeed as Thomas Sankara said: Governance is not a rocket science.

To combat climate change, we have to take action NOW; not gradual!

I have worked and participated on climate change related work and research. There are several issues hindering the need for climate change sustainability. For Uganda, there remains minimal comprehensive knowledge about climate change related mechanisms at community level. The usual projects like planting trees, making briquettes, are undertaken on a very small scale. Policy majorly ends in conference rooms and workshops with less to no involvement or operationalization of climate change attributes across affected communities.

Lived realities: For example, Mt. Rwenzori glaciers continue to deplete. The only mountain with snow yet the Equator passes through. It inhabits unique species that continue to go extinct. Yet, due to climate change, and extreme heat, the glaciers are vanishing. During rainy seasons, extreme floods affect Uganda and DRC........

At a small scale, we see restoration of lost species, leveraging bee keeping, and managing population growth. This is a long path to change. But, amidst the different strategies, if we leverage on cross-border climate change interventions, we could push further.

I agree with your observation and everyone else's. While we focus on the macro level analyses, my input would be to suggest at also looking at the micro level analyses - to improve mitigation. By doing this, this shoulders the problem of corruption in Africa- where regardless of climate finance that could be made available, the vulnerable rarely benefit from this (ofcourse while bearing the burden of debt repayment arising from climate finance). In my research, i focus on the micro-level, local factors - factors within the reach of the person living under $1.90 a day- that could mitigate the impact of climate shocks toward household level welfare. for example, interested in looking at how incidence and intensity of social networks (relationships within a community) in a rural economy would cushion the impacts of climate shocks on Migration (whether Migration is or is not a problem, is a different issue, for now :) )