{"id":263804,"date":"2023-06-25T14:46:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T12:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=263804"},"modified":"2023-06-25T14:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T12:47:00","slug":"african-climate-scientist-women-bear-the-brunt-of-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=263804","title":{"rendered":"African Climate Scientist: \u201cWomen Bear the Brunt of Climate Change\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Climate Scientist Susan Chomba thinks the focus on renewable energy development is ignoring on the ground poverty issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018Women bear the biggest brunt of climate change,\u2019 says climate scientist Susan Chomba<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She leads a team of 100 at a non-profit with operations across Africa and says climate has been seen through a male perspective for too long<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neha Wadekar in Baringo county, Kenya
Thu 22 Jun 2023 01.00 AEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susan Chomba glares out the window of the Prado Land Cruiser at dozens of motorcycles speeding in the opposite direction. Each motorcycle carries at least five bags of charcoal and for every bag, at least three medium-sized acacia trees must be chopped down and burned. Charcoal production is banned in Kenya, but is still widely used<\/a> for domestic heat and cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roughly 12%<\/a> of the world\u2019s top climate scientists are women and fewer than one percent are from Africa \u2013 a continent hard hit by climate change. \u201cIf you look at the way the world operates, it\u2019s almost blind to the fact that women bear the biggest burden and brunt of climate change,\u201d Chomba says. That Chomba is an African woman in such a key role is potentially revolutionary, especially because she goes out of her way to solicit the views of those most affected and often most unheard \u2013 local farmers, community elders and, notably, women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe way climate is seen in the world, it\u2019s seen very much from a masculine perspective,\u201d Chomba says. For example, while male climate scientists focus heavily on developing renewable sources of energy to replace fossil fuels like oil and gas, Chomba believes they pay far less attention to the hundreds of millions of women worldwide who are burning wood for tasks like cooking. Incorporating the perspectives of women \u2013 particularly poor, rural women \u2013 would better ensure comprehensive solutions, she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/jun\/21\/climate-scientists-susan-chomba-africa<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If you shear away the climate rhetoric, Chomba has a point. A big solar farm does nothing to help people struggling to get enough water for themselves or their crops, or sacrificing their last trees for charcoal to sell, because they have no other means of income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few wells, maybe some microfinance loans to say buy a few sewing machines or whatever it is they need to address their basic problems, and perhaps some careful restoration of cover trees, would probably do a lot more for these people than a shiny new renewable installation next door to the Presidential Palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a shame Chomba chose to dress these fundamental issues in liberal talking points. Maybe she has spent too much time hanging out with liberals? The liberal talking points upset me, my initial reaction to the article was hostile. This started out as a very different essay, until I reread what she said a few times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s a shame Chomba chose to dress these fundamental issues in liberal talking points. Maybe she has spent too much time hanging out with liberals? The liberal talking points upset me, my initial reaction to the article was hostile. 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