PART OF THE PROBLEM,

PART OF THE SOLUTION

Climate Change Narrative

beyond the Heart of DarknessBy

Norbert X MBU-MPUTU

Former UN worker

Freelance Journalist, Writer and Researcher in Anthropology and Sociology

Founder of South People’s Projects-SoPPro

Coordinator of the Community Space Partnership (Newport)

Member of Sub-Saharan Advisory Panel (SAAP)

Member of UK-Africa Energy Poverty Working Group

MAJOR FACTS

• HIGH LEVEL OF AIR POLUTION

• CLIMATE CHANGE (NO SNOW)

• SAHARA DESERT

U

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NEWPORT POWER STATION

Gas Emission!

NEWPORT POWER STATIONNEWPORT POWER STATION

Burning Carbon!

LAKE CHAD

(reservoir)

PARADOX AND

RESPONSABILITY

• DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRIALISATION AND

POLUTION (CHINA, AFRICA)

• OUR INVOLVEMENT: THE PYRAMIDAL APPROACH

HEART OF DARKNESS

HISTORY: BRITISH ISLES-DRC

“Dr LIVINGSTONE, I PRESUME?”

John ROWLANDS

Denbigh, Jan 28, 1841

London, May 10, 1904

2 Trans Africa's

Explorations

5 Times in Africa

Greatest Explorer of

Africa

“BULA MATARI”

Explored the Congo

Basin and named the

Lake Mai-Ndombe

Designed the 1st

Congo map

Tim Jeal

David Van Reybrouck

CONGO FOREST BASSIN

Lake Mai-Ndombe

Bokoro

2nd Ecosystem and

biodiversity reserve after

the Amazon

SOME FACTS

SOME FACTS

1970, 2 1980, 6 1990, 112000, 17

1970, 35

1980, 45

1990, 65

2000, 75

1970, 250

1980, 200

1990, 150

2000, 100

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

1970 1980 1990 2000

KM TO FARM AGE PRODUCTION KG

DEFORESTATION

• FOREST DEPENDENCY

•ENERGY (WOOD/COOKING)

• FIRE AND LIGHT

•TIMBER

PARADOXS

WALES ANSWERS(There is and must be a Wales Approach)

HISTORY:

• CONGO/AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF WALES – RD WILLIAM

HUGHES, COLWYN BAY

WALES ANSWERS(There is and must be a Wales Approach)

NOW:

• SIZE OF WALES

• WALES FOR AFRICA COMMUNITY LINKS

• WALES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

SOLAR LAMPS PROJECTS

STOP FOREST DEPENDENCY

HOME GARDENS

GREEN BELT

Professor Wangari Maathai,

Nobel Peace Price,

Green Belt Movement

END

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