African Climes

As promised, the next post would deal with the reason why it is difficult for the entire world to come into an effective and efficient consensus on climate change. First of all, let’s start with the facts. a)       Climate is changing b)       This is dangerous climate change c)       It is caused by human activities d)       Exploitation of fossil fuels is the main reason e)       About 75% of the energy mix in the world is from fossil fuels Money/ green paper f)        Energy is necessary for development, for our industries. g)       Economic development therefore, is pegged on fossil fuels. At least for now. See why this is tricky? Not everyone wants to play along. Conventional wisdom has it that the only way to develop is by using fossil fuels. Slowly, this is changing because of ...

Why is this really important? Well read on and see why. What is climate change? Well first of all, climate is defined as the sum total of weather patterns that have been recorded in a certain area for about 30 years. Climate change then is the strong and continued variance of the expected and predictable weather conditions of that particular area. In talking about climate change, we can mean, a.       Natural climate change which is caused by external things such as volcanic eruptions, changes in Ea rth’s orbit, changes in solar radiation etc b.       Microclimate which is the climate of the immediate surroundingsof a lake, a huge river, a mountain and so on. c.        Anthropogenic (manmade) climate change which is conventionally used to mean global warming.   To be clear though, greenhouse gases cause global warming (the warming of the planet) which causes climate to change. ...

Why is this really important? Well read on and see why. What is climate change? Well first of all, climate is defined as the sum total of weather patterns that have been recorded in a certain area for about 30 years. Climate change then is the strong and continued variance of the expected and predictable weather conditions of that particular area. In talking about climate change, we can mean, a.       Natural climate change which is caused by external things such as volcanic eruptions, changes in Ea rth’s orbit, changes in solar radiation etc b.       Microclimate which is the climate of the immediate surroundingsof a lake, a huge river, a mountain and so on. c.        Anthropogenic (manmade) climate change which is conventionally used to mean global warming.   To be clear though, greenhouse gases cause global warming (the warming of the planet) which causes climate to change. ...