Next weeks will be spend on reading up on the drought and climate change issues in Kenya before excitingly going there in October with Global Change. People in the Northern part around Lake Turkana have experienced huge lack in rainfalls and over the summer the situation have worsened. The region is however also reflecting how Kenya is struggling with securing proper water and sustainable energy. Around Lake Turkana people have been fighting against the plans of building a third several billion Euro dam on the Ethiopean reducing the access to water dramatically. In 2012 the Turkana Lake will have some 300 (Danish) wind turbines producing some 30% of Kenyas power. This summer Kenya was also connected to the global information highway with the landing of the Seacom undersea cable, which will expecedtly generate cheap internet and new possibilities.
But the question of climate change and drought seems still more relevant than ever: With Kenya entering full force into the global telecommunication and green energy revolution, the repetetive cycles of droughts and hunger of Kenyans proves as a strong statement to social movements that there is no quick fix for climate justice.
Also this summer I spend some of this summer procrastinating with some research on questionable Danish bio-technology exports to Egypt. This helped me to do the final push to get to GV Advocacy. I hope to follow up with more on the case in the future.
