The African climate breakdown - Stories about climate change brought to you by Future Climate For Africa

Are you interested in understanding how Africa’s climate is changing, what the impacts will be on the continent, and how Africa can better adapt and prepare for climate change? In this podcast series, we will delve into these details through sharing ground-breaking research from the Future Climate for Africa programme. So listen in as we talk about the science, impacts and adaptation options through Africa’s climate change stories... For more information visit: https://futureclimateafrica.org/. Future Climate for Africa is funded by the UK Government's Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC).

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Ep.5 Building climate change resilience in Africa - the story of Future Climate for Africa

Since 2015, Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) has brought together more than 200 researchers from over 20 countries to improve our understanding of Africa’s climate, how it is changing, and how it might change in the future. It has been five years packed with highlights and groundbreaking new knowledge on Africa’s climate, the threats climate change poses to the cities we live in, the water in our taps, the food we eat, the communities who grow it and so much more. Stand in podcast host and Knowl...

May 18, 2021•45 min0

Ep.4 Making Africa’s agriculture more climate resilient

In this fourth and penultimate of the ‘African climate breakdown’ podcast, we explore some of the work being done to make Africa’s agriculture more resilient. Think about the cup of tea you had over breakfast today - perhaps you didn’t think about climate change as you took that first sip. Listen in to find out more about how climate change is impacting tea farming in Africa, amongst other things in the agricultural sector. Podcast host, Dr Suzanne Carter speaks with Neha Mittal, Adeline Barnaud...

Apr 01, 2021•41 min0

Ep.3 Tackling climate change in African cities

In this third episode of ‘The African climate breakdown’ brought to you by FCFA, we explore tackling climate change in African cities. Podcast host Dr Suzanne Carter and co-host Brenda Mwalukanga delve into the fact that cities are particularly at risk to the impacts of climate change. Rapid population growth, as well as rapid environmental, economic, and social change which present their own issues, all are magnified by climate change. They are joined by Genito Maure & Maimouna Bologo/Traore in...

Jan 27, 2021•42 min0

Ep.2 How climate change is impacting Africa’s water availability

In this second episode of ‘The African climate breakdown’ brought to you by FCFA we explore how climate change is impacting water availability in Africa. How are African cities dealing with water availability issues and what else needs to be done? Podcast host Dr. Suzanne Carter and co-host Kornelia Iipinge unpack the fact that many cities across Africa are dealing with water issues, examples such as Cape Town’s Day Zero may be an indication of the types of crisis African cities may face if they...

Dec 08, 2020•41 min0

Ep.1 How is Africa's climate changing?

In this first episode of ‘The African climate breakdown’ brought to you by FCFA we explore what climate science is and how Africa’s climate is changing, how that affects communities, and what can be done to create a climate-resilient future. Podcast host Dr Suzanne Carter and co-host Dr Rondro Barimalala unpack what climate science involves and have an insightful panel discussion with climate scientists, Dr Caroline Wainwright and Dr Conni Klein. You can also look forward to hearing from climate...

Nov 09, 2020•34 min0

Trailer - The African climate breakdown: Stories about climate

Are you interested in understanding how Africa’s climate is changing, what the impacts will be on the continent, and how Africa can better adapt and prepare for climate change? In this podcast series, we will delve into these details through sharing ground-breaking research from the Future Climate for Africa programme. Future Climate for Africa is funded by the UK Government's Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC). Future Climate...

Oct 29, 2020•2 min0