change. And well he should: As AWF's new program director
issues, in South Africa, New Zealand, Abu Dhabi, and elsewhere.
other continent. the landscape is changing:
unreliable farming seasons, low water
supplies, increased droughts, and heavy
storms. these are serious problems for a
continent almost entirely dependent on rain
for its food security.
temperature is warming at an alarming rate,
but locally, people are seeing something
very different. For instance, this year, europe
saw the coldest winter in decades, while
layperson who's expecting things to be
hotter and dryer. But climate change is real,
it is happening, and it will impact nearly a
billion Africans before 2050--so we had
better do something about it now.
very nebulous concepts, such as payments for
this thing called carbon. the idea that using a
clean cookstove may play a contributing role
in stopping the world from heating up! i think
this concept is quite abstract to many people.
interventions help with the "here and now"
climatic events, such as storms and droughts.
through various methods, including conservation
enterprise. it is vitally important that AWF
shares a common vision and direction on how
we tackle climate change in Africa.
projects to undertake. AWF has over the years
done a number of climate changerelated
projects, and done them well. on the whole,
however, these projects have been small. if we
are to make a substantial impact on this issue,
we need to scale up our work. climate change
is such a cross-cutting matter that it needs to
be included in everything we do.
work, visit awf.org/climatechange