Playing the resilience game in Uganda
Thursday, February 21st, 2013 Posted in Climate change, Governance, Uganda, Video | No Comments »Staff and trainers from ACCRA - the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance - recently visited Kotido district in north eastern Uganda to run a game on climate change adaptation with district officials. The aim is for the ...
Tanzanian rice farmers fight against climate change
Monday, January 14th, 2013 Posted in Agriculture, Climate change, Tanzania | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_5625" align="alignright" width="270" caption="Farmers in Tanzania"][/caption] "Climate change is killing us". Andrew Chikwanda could scarcely put it more bluntly. It's his first day as Acting Director of Kahama District in Tanzania, but his biggest challenge is obvious. The rain does still ...
Meltdown – a photo booklet by Helena Christensen
Thursday, June 14th, 2012 Posted in Climate change, Kenya, Photos | No Comments »Oxfam Global Ambassador and photographer Helena Christensen today published a booklet of her photographs documenting the impact of climate change on people's lives and their ability to produce food. The booklet, entitled “Meltdown,” is the culmination of four years ...
Helena Christensen: What I learnt from women in Kenya
Thursday, March 8th, 2012 Posted in Climate change, GROW campaign, Kenya | No Comments »I have just returned from my third trip with Oxfam. This time we visited Kenya, where I met Elisabeth and Josephine. Elisabeth lives in rural Turkana, in the north of Kenya – one of the many regions in the Horn ...
Hear Our Call – climate change in Kenya’s drylands
Monday, March 5th, 2012 Posted in Climate change, Drought, Kenya | No Comments »Climate change in Kenya's Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) is manifested through recurrent and prolonged drought events, extreme rainfall variability and increasing temperatures. These are the scientifically proven attributes of climate change - but communities have their own understanding of ...
Winners and losers in the Durban climate deal
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 Posted in Climate change, Pan Africa | No Comments »In the early hours of Sunday morning, governments meeting at the UN climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, set a path towards a new legally binding agreement for all countries to cut emissions. But the deal struck does little ...
From drought-hit Kenya, Oxfam Ambassador Helena Christensen joins final call for climate action at Durban
Friday, December 9th, 2011 Posted in Climate change, Drought, Kenya, Pan Africa | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_3588" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Helena Christensen with Mez in Kakuma, Turkana"][/caption] Just hours before the UN climate talks taking place in Durban, South Africa, wrap up, Oxfam Global Ambassador and photographer Helena Christensen urges ministers to agree a deal which delivers ...
The elephants are no more, and other climate stories
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 Posted in Climate change, Drought, Kenya | No Comments »Kenya is increasingly prone to drought. Over the past 25 years the country has experienced at least seven major droughts. Wajir, in northeastern Kenya, is one of the worst affected districts, experiencing chronic poor rains, massive loss of livestock and ...
Climate action, one bite at a time
Sunday, December 4th, 2011 Posted in Climate change, Pan Africa | No Comments »There is an old African riddle I am very fond of: “How do you eat an elephant?” To which the answer is “A bite at a time.” It should be on every ones lips at the climate change ...
In pictures: The climate change “Caravan of Hope”
Friday, December 2nd, 2011 Posted in Climate change, Pan Africa, Photos | No Comments »The Trans African "Caravan of Hope" set off from Burundi just over two weeks ago, aiming to tell the African story about climate change. 17 days and 10 countries later, it arrived in Durban, South Africa, for the start of ...