The Climate Voices Podcast

The Climate Voices Podcast

by Omesa Mokaya

Natural Sciences Social Sciences

Understanding Climate Adaptation: A focus on climate resilient development

Welcome to the sixth episode of the Climate Voices Podcast. On this episode, we speak to Prof. Ed Carr, a Professor and Director of Clark University's International Development, Community and Environment Department who demystifies the concept of adaptation in the context of climate action. He addresses other issues such as climate resilient development, the politics around global climate action and shares insights about his past experience in climate adaptation through research, academia and policy implementation. Here is the link to the paper Prof. Carr made reference to in the podcast that he has co-authored with his colleague from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2023.100479 Hope you enjoy listening to this! Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and follow the social media pages for more!

Moving Beyond Tokenism; Addressing the Social Justice and Human Rights issues that bedevil Climate Action

Welcome to the fifth episode of the Climate Voices Podcast. On this episode, we speak with Dr. Bright Nkrumah, a visiting Assistant Professor at Clark University's International Development, Community and Environment who addresses critical issues of tokenism that bedevil youth climate action. He addresses other issues such as the concept of development in the face. of climate change and the outcomes of the recently completed COP 27. at Sharm El Sheik, Egypt. Here is the link to the paper Dr. Nkrumah talked about in the podcast that he has written; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349147984_Beyond_Tokenism_The_Born_Frees_and_Climate_Change_in_South_Africa Hope you enjoy listening to this! Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and follow the social media pages to be getting content as it goes live! Disclamer: The views and opinions expresses in this podcast are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the entity he is affiliated with.

Speaking up for Healthy Marine Ecosytems; From Community Empowerment to Climate Activism

Welcome to the fourth episode of the Climate Voices Podcast. We will be bringing together professionals, climate activists, community champions and policy makers from across the world to share their stories and experiences in tackling the impacts of climate change. On this episode, we speak to Sumaiya Harunany, a climate activist from Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa that has been passionately conserving the mangroves and raising awareness about sustainability in her community. She is the founder of Blue Earth organization that engages in Community Empowerment, regeneration of areas impacted by pollution, infrastructure development and climate change as well as combating the climate crisis through nature-based solutions and climate advocacy. Hope you enjoy listening to this! Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and follow the social media pages to be getting content as it goes live!

Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change in the the African Context

Welcome to the third episode of the Climate Voices Podcast. W e will be bringing together professionals, climate activists, community champions and policy makers from across the world to share their stories and experiences in tackling the impacts of climate change. On this episode, we talk to Mr. Paul Mutuku who is the Co-Founder of Kenya Environmental Action Network (KEAN) and Africa Regional Director for Youth4Nature. He has a a breadth of experience in community organizing , climate communication, campaign coordination and environmental education. Mr. Paul passionately talks about nature-based solutions and and his initiative called Bustani that involves installing indigenous gardens in schools to inculcate the nature on conservation in the school going children from a young age. He also gives a call to action to world leaders, policy makers and young people to act during the upcoming COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt. Hope you enjoy listening to this! Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and follow the social media pages to be getting content as it goes live!

Just Energy Transition; What does it mean for Africa?

Welcome to the second episode of the Climate Voices Podcast. W e will be bringing together professionals, climate activists, community champions and policy makers from across the world to share their stories and experiences in tackling the impacts of climate change. On this episode, we talk to Mr. Amos Wemanya who leads the Just Energy Transition aspects of Power Shift Africa’s research, advocacy and communications. He is responsible for developing, integrating, and implementing a broad range of strategic initiatives that advance Just Energy Transition to 100% Renewable energy and climate justice in Africa. Mr. Amos talks expansively on building resilient systems (food and energy systems) and opportunities that just transition presents in Africa. Hope you enjoy listening to this! Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and follow the social media pages to be getting content as it goes live!

Youth Involvement in Climate Action; Gaps and Opportunities

Welcome to the very first episode of the Climate Voices Podcast that will be bringing together professionals, climate activists, community champions and policy makers from across the world to share their stories and experiences in tackling the impacts of climate change. Our first guest, Caroline Kibii, is the Founder of Enviro Wild Initiative that focuses mentoring youth (between the ages of 21-29) on climate action, sensitization, storytelling conservation in six countries in East Africa. She was recognized as a 2021 Top 100 Young Africa Conservation Leader through her work. In this 41 minute episode, Caroline begins by sharing her journey as a youth climate enthusiast that has been working with young people in addressing climate change. She mentions that in the past, through her initiative, and in collaboration with other stakeholders, she has been involved in restoring Lake Kamnarok in Baringo County, Kenya, that has been showing declining trends in the water level due to climate change - causing major impacts on the communities that depend on the lake to support their livelihoods and wildlife that are supported by the lake. Caroline talks about her writing initiatives that she uses to communicate on climate change action that include writing letters to the editors, newspaper articles, blog posts and policy briefs. She addresses some of the challenges faced in fighting climate change that include financial constraints, insufficient data and publication of scientific articles in Africa to capture climate change impacts from an African context in the global arena. Finally, Caroline shares her position on the upcoming COP 27 in Egypt later this year, which she says is an opportunity for Africa to present a common voice at the conference to ensure it benefits from the outcome of what has been termed "An African COP" in coping with the impacts of climate change, post the conference. She calls on the young people to unite and push governments to act in addressing climate change because its' their very future that is threatened. Here are the links to the policy briefs that Caroline has done https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2870/44613 https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2870/509102 https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2870/465572 Enjoy the show and look out for more interesting topics lined up in future! Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and follow the social media pages to be getting the content as it goes!

Introduction to The Climate Voices Podcast

Welcome to the Climate Voices Podcast. The climate crisis is a reality that’s hitting communities across the globe hard. Different regions are affected differently and and different people are adapting differently. We will be engaging experts, youth climate advocates and community championships that have been tackling climate change to share tell their stories and help bridge the gap that exists in communicating climate science. Different experts will be joining us every two weeks to share their experiences and give recommendations on how decisively they think we should act to solve the climate crisis. Subscribe and follow our social media pages and look out for the next conversations in the coming episodes.

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