Vision Lent 2020

are now taking climate change really seriously.
But, you can see the impact of climate change
really clearly five years ago in sub-Saharan Africa.
Firstly, sub-Saharan African is warming at a
faster rate than anywhere else in the world.
Secondly, it is more obvious in places in where
people are so reliant on the weather patterns to
create agriculture and food. And when people
are very well connected to the weather, the
changes and shifts are incredibly noticeable.
THE WAY THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS GOING
TO IMPACT THE WORLD IS THROUGH WA-
TER. THROUGH FLOODS, THROUGH
DROUGHTS. ADAPTING IS KEY.
Personally, rainwater harvesting is one of the
best technologies to help people adapt to climate
change and become more resilient. Because
its good in the way that people are managing
their own water with autonomy and ownership
which is empowering. My view is that
the BlueTap technology partners really well with
rainwater harvesting.
Also, rainwater harvesting along with water filtration
basically provides a buffer for climate
unpredictability. 80% of the population in
Uganda works in agriculture. You have had for
100 years these weather systems – rains – that
will come in May and last until October. And
now they will come, you know, for two weeks at
the end of August, which really throws people
off. And for 100s of years, people have planted
exactly the same crops and every year they
have grown. So, adaptation involved using different
crops that can grow in the changing climate.
And also, rainwater harvesting to provide
a buffer as a storage of water. My view is, again,
at a very community-level scale: community
projects are really going to help people in
adapting to climate change. It works on a scaleout
kind of system, where if you work at a community-level,
it moves out to have an impact on
a global scale.
One of the global consequences of that, is that I
think we have seen nothing with the refugee
crisis of 2015. Once parts of sub-Saharan Africa
become uninhabitable, the geopolitical consequences
will be overwhelming. you will see the
worlds biggest refugee crisis. The way to mitigate
that would be to help people adapt.
I THINK ALL THE RESOURCES IN THE
WORLD SHOULD GO INTO HELPING PEOPLE
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