this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the fight against climate change in africa it's being spearheaded by the u.s. one woman in zambia is using the radio platform to educate her community about practices harmful to the environment back with governments across the continent planning a whole pile of prawns or if it's like there is invade. and will meet this cyclist abusing traffic in lagos and encourage you to do the same. i'm perceived wonderwall come to deeds every news africa i'm glad you're chewed in straight so everyone knows what it's like and what the climate crisis gathering pace is for cost to get even worse now who likes going to work when it's hot no one and that's likely to have productivity and new full cost by the international labor

organization expects western africa to be $1.00 of the hardest hit areas our report shows about $80000000.00 job will be lost in 2014 because of heat stress. we also found that to so brute jones will be particularly affected and that's soft asia and western africa where the losses would represent 5 percent of working hours in 2005. so western africa's for cost to be hit disproportionately hard d.s. is timid suggests that africa accounts for just a tiny share of the gases that are driving the climate crisis africa produces less than 4 percent of the global output off greenhouse gases now how does that compare with feed largest emitters like china the united states and the european union well china emits 23 percent the u.s. 19 percent. and the e.u.

13 percent of global emissions so you get the picture while those responsible for climate change predominate be in europe asia and the us africans are taking the brunt and it's not just future growth rising temperatures and irregular rainfall are likely to hit agriculture the hardest making up to 60 percent of the lost jobs but some of the 21 year old sandy and radio reports are trying to fight back with knowledge. finding new. market trees the transporter could design be sold here squawking for climate fighter beauties fear reports how fairly trees has an impact on daily life in communities in. mingling with much sense in the market the young greedy reporter is looking for allies in our fight against climate change. we don't come here to look at what

things people are doing but rather to help as come up with solutions that are going to help us you know. so those are the things that we have to do and this is why we always have to come here to collect stories that i want to be. free. community radio station. broadcast this month she talks about environmental issues in and tells us what they can do about it. then she's talking about her visit to the coal market later she reminisces about her childhood telling a story about her neighbors for over water before the well would run dry due to persistent droughts. that medicine b. and already affected by climate change but most are way off it. it's about creating or giving out information. powerful information that is

actually to stimulate every person's mind to say look i have been affected by the situation by climate change and i think it's high time we get to do something about it that's my. climate change is deeply and just all the african countries account for the tiniest fraction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere droughts floods and rising temperatures hit the continent with full force. is convinced that zambians are not hopeless and commit to get the effects. with educating people most of the vendors of the old my kids have never heard of climate change but for many feel the stories and i. want them to understand the change in weather patterns they have witnessed. so they're not going to. be on. the way to. 23 and i'm 26. years erratic water supply due to reach

out to lead to no rainfall and also that was caused because many people were busy cutting down the truth and this is what we're actually going to get to see more if no action is actually implemented by the people feeding once and spare the people at the market to think about ecology and turn to tips such as charcoal made from banana peels or maize. commitment shows how young people across the globe are becoming increasingly aware that climate change may compromise their future and that action cannot wait until to morrow. i'm now joined by landry did it say he's a climate change activist with the into africa 350 they say their mission is climate justice welcome to africa landry you say that africa is paying the highest price for climate change why. yeah because when it is paying go highest risk in terms of the people that you already noticing in the the continent so in terms of increased droughts 3 months of this program were to whom diseases and or some of

the increase in the increase of temperatures across over much of the continent so those are some of the fact that shows that africa which is a good source of the least a response capacity is paying the highest priced right at landry how do we incentivize our governments on the continent to ditch coal power plants for example and opt for more green solutions. so poor has been presented as the solution for africa the proponent or industry isn't but however i'll see that in larry to the clinton doesn't it course all of that was if you were too weak to its full potential because you know at the one hand. and out of his it was his cause the current climate crisis we are in on the other hand robber sources such as hydro power us we. are becoming more

and more affordable and are cheaper underwriting so there is absolutely no need for african government to you know consider growing the corps we because it's being phased out group money ok so let's talk about you bring up the global picture we're looking at the west today and they're almost you know under the pressure of having to cognize at a very rapid pace and then you have africa which is largely has not even carbonized what we're talking about you talked about the no emissions on the continent i just wondered whether or not that gives us bargaining power as africans. yeah it for some on need us all government that kind of gives these are biting power in the tradition is being used is a not imminent justified in the city are too important to persist score again however i would say that we need to ask a question why do i to have been official of such kind of options is it though of

ordinary africans or is rather the companies and maybe some elites governmental officials who get profit out of sight deal so i think the option that the government across uppercut should consider are the ones that are put forward people's interests and address not only the environmental crisis but also a social justice issues such as access to electricity for all endorse or job creation because we don't revel in a g. regression happening globally it is groups of those kind of potential to address to kill in the. right doug the slow to judge of the crisis but also to serve under rated issues ok landry intended climate change activist with n.t.l. africa 350 thank you. if you look at nigeria see lagos is infamous for

its traffic jams at peak time in the mornings and evenings they add hours to people's commutes some people say the solution is easy bicycles we meet sue entrepeneur news who are trying to revive cycling culture in lagos as a transferred solution for commuters. will see seanie oking writes he's bicycling to work the same time that would normally be wasted in the notorious make us rush hour traffic and trying to take our time means by car fix right on our. side to mean i can time my self to come up for 5 minutes to go to work from home to work and vice versa. maybe it's just next level up on me and most easily is part of the green movement of slightly east checking out safe cycling routes and persuading the cautions to get on their bikes we are collecting the people that are interested in cycling legally but we also advocates of cycling

in lagos has been successful amongst legal it's an ongoing process so the fact that we're seeing more and more cycling cyclists on the streets is excess but we still you know how some ways to go where we have high school infrastructure. and then we also have more laws protecting cyclist what are some of the challenges you have the one we don't drive at night on this we have lights on your bike and effective jackets as agreed to i think might be the biggest. concern and racing the finances that are just made us is in the middle of the rainy season and the poorly maintained roads are falling apart making movement from one part of the city to another a nightmare for daily commute times. the lack of infrastructure is not slowing down passionate cyclists if phil. is the. bank that's driven by cool healing service that allows users to spot and rent

a bicycle in the neighborhoods where the operate. so far. it's been quite successful it where in through universities up the moment with over 5000 riders. who didn't expect that and. with whom we've been operational now for just over 2 months how is that a lot of things in this country where there's a 5 day school like. freshman a moment is not exactly. for cyclists. you know we. wait for the government to move you know try. this for a week to be calm out a cyclist move. even though the transport demands in lagos has exceeded the capacity of the wood networks available more nigerians are choosing their bicycles

to save valuable time. and that one album is africa before you go we want to leave you with a look at some odd from south africa is still a strange david will watch i should see a baby hind the news of his posse reached us today.

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