david and this is climate change regular sex how tina's increase books you get smarter for free get over your books on due to. personal drama competition rivalry marketing numbers atmosphere power by the time intuition and love hate money. fans friends fives fans and fans old kick off on you tube join us. we should never underestimate the power of nature our current situation is a humble reminder of thought but nature can also help us in countless ways and long as we walk with it rather than against it i am sondra here in kampala uganda and

abysses africa with me today i was always michael present in nigeria hello everyone i'm coming to you from lagos nigeria and it is good to see you again you see our transcontinental program is particularly well suited to these days all social distancing well let's leave that for now and look at what's coming up on the show today. you're never too young to learn about renewable energy and how it's generated i mean we'll see you at a school right here in nigeria. the modern island lighthouse paradise because of emotion that's when the lives and livelihoods of those in sierra leone's turtle island. i want me tonight in mali who is helping his community grow crops. to periods of drought. have you gotten into the habit of covering one of this over

a bottle of hand sanitizer it's amazing how quickly it's become a must have item i mean many places demand outstrips supply the good news is the hunter. easy to make especially if you already have most of the ingredients you need i 1st report comes from rwanda when entrepreneurs way to help our community in these difficult times. in these days of covert 19 it helps to be able to improvise. is a scientist and brewer who lives in. when she saw how quickly hand sanitizers reselling out she decided to produce them herself. nellie's alcohol based formula contains aloe vera and essential oils. is a well what is it is that the hand sanitizer i produce is special because it's made

with natural ingredients those on the market contain chemicals which can trigger skin allergies in some uses a lot of people can afford my hand sanitizer and it has no side effects. the 1st case of covert 19 was confirmed in rwanda in the middle of march soon after the run started on hand sanitizers in pharmacies and drug stores. with sanitizer stocks were depleted at the start of the covered 19 crisis and we don't have any left waiting for supplies from the local manufacture of because of being imported at the moment. because it's supply the price for a local high quality sanitizer like the $1.00 from nelly is around 10 euros for a half a liter the imported ones cost even more and stock is short. those who can't afford sanitizers buy water and soap while they're effective for washing away

the virus they also cost money. at the water kiosk prices have gone up even before the pandemic reached the country a 20 leader canister can cost up to the equivalent of $0.20 in europe. 4 times more than before. cleaning the hands has become routine whether with sanitizer or water at the markets in the rwandan capital city kigali they mostly use water and soap. we usually don't use hand sanitizer here and have a has some opposite clients but they have to pay for it then i put some on their hands before entering the market as not all of us can afford sanitize as we use what we can get to stay clean. for now no you were naser is producing 402520 leaders per day after her product has passed the necessary tests but she plans on increasing to her full capacity of $1000.00 leaders on the i don't

consider the coronavirus time to be an opportunity for doing business this is about helping people i believe everyone in the world should do anything they can to help find solutions right now the money i've invested here could have been used in another more profitable business than this was on the would have done with some of . the shortage of hand sanitizers is especially hard on health workers so no he also sells to people at the ministry of health working in decontamination areas. some local health centers and hospitals in kigali are also new clients. in the news . now and that's just one of many stories about how a little ingenuity can go a long way towards helping a community cope with a corner virus pandemic and it also shows that self-sufficiency can be a real asset in times like these our next report is about

a school we visited last year part of its mission is to teach children important lessons about being able energy but in their school they learn more than just here . these kids have lots of ideas about what can be done to combat climate change burn fuel for still feel this ride a bicycle use solar powered discussions of this nature are giving high priority at this school who want our children to be a problem so must we want them to be people able to look at the environmental not do things the show we school principal because only one lady is leading by example she runs the abbos heart school the private elementary institution not far from lagos the principal has had solar panels installed on the roof of the building . the firm was such that we have. for.

each of them retired by right he. claimed to be using. and i carry the iffy the best the conditioning the lights in. the barn i'm without in order classroom. but getting to this point wasn't. a sizable investment required but the school was only able to get a bank loan so part of that money. to x. and make it up with our own cars so now we nancy send those who are united states so. we have issued the challenge of financing and we also have a challenge all from get same. mom power you know training to manpower all understand the setting up of the projects the automation parts of the project

and then the maintenance also. the students of land that everyone can do their part to ease the burden on the environment. instead of going in for sue for music are used in your book and sources like solar power so you are funny when energy and i jus. tried our best to save the planet like the car took some danes we felt he was in the plans he's had called my friend he says he only uses geritol for only traduced the rest of the day soo solar panels and that was all humans should try to do on days where there is little direct sun the abbos hard school is dependent on reserve solar energy stored in batteries it then has to limit the use of electricity turn down the air conditioning or ton of some of the lights but by generating its own clean energy the school is saving money and

producing electricity without producing harmful c o 2 emissions we are way behind in nigeria are in. bringing up creative and innovative ideas so protecting our environment and protecting the future of the nation one of the greatest lessons we have to teach our children in this day and age is how to make them permanent a better and safer place the example set by the school is teaching the students the importance of protecting the environment in very practical ways the home is that they will now share their new insights with others. about decentralized access to energy can make a lot of sense especially remote areas but even that's only part of the story isn't it sandra yes it is a near in fact it is even better when that poem is generated from the green sources

our next report takes us to germany where a village is looking to solve as an example for the rest of the country it would also be interesting to know to be a model. what other regions as well. great none of its energy comes from fossil fuels all of it comes from renewables. 100 it's all there in nature we don't need to take any energy from fossil sources on the ground plenty is given to us every day we just have to make use of it. will devote a great produces 8 times as much electricity as its 2600 residents can use all that electricity isn't produced in one big plant but in a t. centralized fashion and it's then made available to others fire the grid. delegations from the places around the world marked by flags who come to inspect

this revolutionary village. they usually welcomes by on. he's been involved in the shift to renewables from the start. line and in 1909 we asked everybody here how things should be and 2021 wind energy was just one of the many different issues 92 percent said they were in favor which was a sensational result. people here are very proud of what's been developed in basically they've done it themselves. we can quote. become thinking and thinking of . the villagers have invested 50000000 euros over the past 2 decades in 300 photovoltaics systems 9 wind turbines as well as several hydro electric and combined heat and power plants.

we want to show that it is possible to create a regional circular economy for energy production and energy use this. of course it has to make economic sense so if the profit and we save money and we're doing something positive for the environment that's doubly good. but i don't know if that's not really stop and go to. another father of the green revolution or fill the whole street is fine dylan. he's a farmer who started experimenting with renewable energy in the 1990 s. . he soon won over his fellow villagers and set up a wind farm co-operative. anyone who lives in the community where a windmill is located can invest the more people join the lower the amount each may

invest. about. einstein has set up for bio gas plants on his farm they now heat the entire village. he designed some of the components himself the energy sources are all local animal waste and cross from 20 nearby farms. they replace 700000 liters of heating oil here. says generating energy from biomass alone point be enough to complete the transition to renewables at the national level sun wind and hydro power also need it. right there a mix of both and with the right mix it won't be hard to attain 100 percent renewables many people don't believe that but it's true the amount of clean energy we produce in a very part sleet could also be generated in other communities districts and states

. of the. energy generation is one key factor to others or energy storage and developing an intelligent grid so power can be moved to where it's needed. there's only one company and addresses both these issues it makes lithium ion phosphate batteries which in combination with solar panels enables households to become largely energy independent. it also manages an electricity sharing system so on and community. of the 4 or just here but they say it's cloudy here but the sun is shining in hamburg then our customers in hamburg have energy in abundance. that batteries are fully charged and they feed the excess into the grid which can then be used by our customers here for that's

one small village in bavaria could inspire other people across germany and in other countries. the corner virus pandemic might be on the forefront of our minds these days but we still have to cope with the problems we face due to climate change fishing communities especially are feeling the impact of extreme weather conditions in our next report we visit the tata islands of sierra leone to see how erosion is affecting local residents and also find out how communities fighting back. just 2 years ago it was possible for the people of new young guy island to walk along this stretch without getting wet. but the rising sea level has splits one of sierra leone's turtle islands into more than half of the island and has disappeared the archipelago was once a bustling fishing community now 500 people have been forced to leave in the past

few years because their homes were washed away by floods. one of them is suliman kava. has already built 2 houses on the island now even the 2nd one is threatened by rising water. most of his belongings he says have already been carried out to sea. this is where i grew up and i have lived all my life here it's where i built my house. first the water washed away the last trees and then off my i took my house with it. i built another house i thought the water will soon take that one too now i have left the island and settled on a larger one that's nearer to the mainland silliman kava can't afford to resettle

the whole family on the mainland immediately his wife still lives on the young guy and his children are with relatives. starting a new life is expensive most people here live on no more than $0.10 a day. silliman carbonell tries to save some of the money he makes from fishing so one day the rest of his family can join him. now he lives on. but even there he's afraid of flooding the threat of rising sea levels is very real a few years ago wade spread through the flood. in order to restore the damage seashore the municipality and the government found international partners to finance this large scale project and this time they want to do it better says the my. we are worried that if we are to take. this issue. to restoring the free swore to also ensuring that we

maintain our greenmount. it could be disastrous for our people or suburb. this new embankment will be almost 2 kilometers long and one metre tall live in the highest tide measured so far. but there is still a long way to go. many islanders don't yet understand the danger of deforestation that tree cover would provide the island's a measure of natural resilience and would slow erosion still people continue to cut down trees to use as a building material and as a source of energy it may be illegal but they see no alternative. is a fishmonger. if that ferry as she has no other way to preserve the daily catch she smokes the fish in

a traditional smoking oven abound the wood often burns for days on end like the last time we had visitors from an organization they promised us a new drawing of and but that was more than 8 months ago and we have not seen them again they haven't come back. now they with our cities have started to involve the local population in measures to protect the climate mangroves are being planted. fisherman alpha jello looks in on the young man grow plants nearly every day he says the roots will bind the soil and protect it from being washed away in the rainy season or through these mangrove roots will help the ground become stable again if we don't plant here the problems will remain houses will be lost and people will have to migrate again the mangroves and the embankment project give him hope says alpha jell-o.

but he knows that a lot more will need to be done to protect the homes and livelihoods of the thousands of people who still live on show bro and the smaller turtle islands. well let's hope that project. is a very serious. aren't. that. adjust to the situation the mail. and also. to the. there's only just enough moisture in the sand for the butterflies even though the rainy season just ended. is the mayor of

a town in southern mali. and it wasn't as dry 10 years ago now we can plant rice anymore if we don't stop chopping down trees soon we won't have any rain at all. is one of around $3500.00 officials in mali who have taken part in the climate change seminars these days protecting the environment is on the agenda of almost every council meeting. most of $30000.00 residents are poor and subsist on what the land gives them. cotton is the most important crop here but growing it takes a lot of water. for. the niger river is an important lifeline for mali and supplies the country with water year round but it's too far away for the farmers in fina they have to depend on rainwater. now that rain has

become scarce many local farmers have begun selling charcoal. dependence on fuel charcoal is a major contributor to. ali funny and his brother my 2 are both farmers and they also operate a small roadside stand. and you know what you know we're not selling charcoal for fun. i said we know that climate change is real . name and what can we do. the land doesn't give us enough to survive on. if we had a choice we'd stop selling charcoal. on this is. but things may be changing thanks to the new insights the mayor gained at the workshop . those new ideas have won over shake mamadou coulibaly he and his family run

a small farm on just 2 hectares of land in recent years their harvests have been too small recently shake momma to started planting different crops now his family can get by without destroying the forest. the mayor told us that fewer trees mean less rain that's why i decided to stop making charcoal and start planting trees i can live from that. i sell trees from my nursery and i grow eucalyptus trees that i sell for lumber and some of that. he's already sold more than $10000.00 seedlings. conservationism has been taking root in fanta ever since the mayor launched his environmental campaign. difference in 2 anyone when i stand here and see this. i get the feeling that we're on the right path when it comes to the fight against climate change. part of that

fight is helping farmers boost their harvests. at the workshop mayor coulibaly learned about new drought resistant seeds for maize and millet he knows that people will move away if they don't have enough to eat. when we did. we realised that many people in the area were selling their farms and working in the gold mines because their harvests were too small. that's also a consequence of climate change it's something that's. mamadu from also thought about throwing in the towel and moving away his harvest had declined but thanks to advice from climate change experts he bought new millet seeds from the capital bamako they just needed a single heavy rain to start growing and that made all the difference oh and it

will be. what. i used to only harvest one and a half tons of militant her head tear. with the new seeds i get 3 tons is about right then since it was all i do. know is that his work has just begun he plans to keep raising climate awareness in fun so that coming generations will still be able to live here. it's time to be a new farewell from lagos nigeria remember you can always visit our website also some media platforms to find all the latest on the who africa including reports on how the corner. is affecting the environment. take care and seriously i go to sandra thank you nia to a big thank you to all of you all of us for joining us today please do continue to look after yourselves stay safe and healthy we're here to seeing you once again

next time till then good bye for me. here in kampala uganda.

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