Catherine Namwezi Rural transformer in Kibaale District, W. Uganda

1. Investigating the impact of climate change and measures that can be taken to adapt to it and mitigate its effects Catherine Namwezi Rural transformer in Kibaale District, W. Uganda

2. UN PREDICTIONS THAT CAME TRUE Temperatures will increase, rain fall will vary The dessert is increasing south word

3. UN prediction -Droughts increased- Soil desertification will increase

4. “There’s only 20cm of soil left between us and extinction” The UN general secretary.

5. Map of Africa showing the places I visited in the North and the south of Sudan

6. El-OBEID

7. Temperatures increased by 0.7 degrees

8. Rainfall amounts stayed the same

9. Pastoral areas affected by drought in El-Obeid

10. Effects of high temperatures and little rainfall Increased evaporation leading to:

11. Effects Soil desertification Loss in pastoral grounds Poor crop yields

12. Conclusion • Temperatures have increased • Annual Rainfall has decreased • More frequent droughts • Soil degradation has occurred • The desert is moving southwards • Less agricultural productivity • Poor nutrition and increased diseases

13. Malakal

14. Temperatures : have increased by less than 1.1⁰C in Malakal

15. Rainfall: decreased by about to 100 ml per year

16. General findings • Increased temperatures • Decreased rainfall • Improved soil quality • Productive farming methods • Better standards of living

17. Vision made by the government of Malakal in 2013 as a way of mitigating climate change effects

18. HOW THE VISION WAS MET

19. Emphasizing FMNR Projects with the farmers Trees for carbon credits

20. Energy efficient stoves

21. Better methods of farming Practicing The LoesPlateau strategies grasses Cover crops

22. Farming methods Crop rotation Trenches mulching

23. Rain water harvesting Dams with out lets which are open during dry seasons

24. Taught better ways of farming Youth were forced to work on farms Helped to make Youth groups

25. Irrigation farming

26. Education All kids had to go to school Agriculture was made compulsory

27. Two generation approach

28. The two generation approach method. All schools have the last week of school dedicated to teaching kids about climate change and the ways to mitigate and adopt to the effects of climate change. At the end of the week, all parents of school going kids are then expected to come in school and their kids then facilitate to them what they learned in the last week of school. After that, both the parents and the kids are then expected to go back home and put into practice what they have been taught at school. Areas of focus included, better methods of farming, organic farming, pest control etc

29. Media Radio stations Awareness poster

30. Remarks from an Interview with Mr. Peter Schuurs “Even when Sudan is planning on having Sun drop projects, Something like Sun drop farms is enormously capital intensive, requiring millions of dollars to set-up even just a couple of hectares. The big advantage that South Sudan has going for it compared to almost any other country in the world is that it has large tracts of basically unoccupied land that has relatively fertile soils and receives reliable & abundant rainfall each year – these are its competitive advantages, and this flows through to the type of farming system we use which actually has the capacity to sequester carbon back into the soil through its ability to improve soil organic matter levels over time”

31. Some of the other results Population increase in general . But there was a decrease in the Sudan and increase in the south

32. Farms have been set up