Leadership Mondays on Vuka
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That's great, Joe. Welcome back. Welcome, Teo leadership Mondays. And we were on land radio, and I have We're talking climate change today, as you can hear throughout the day, way just focusing on because the big topic today and in the studio I have experts have had a chance to work with, but he never covered body is here, coming to talk to us about emissions. But before we even go into all of the details, I'm gonna ask him to introduce himself due to welcome. It's good to see you. And I haven't seen you in awhile. I c u online a good opportunity to be. I think Thank you very much for arranging this, inviting me so that I could be able to join you today on DH. Yes. Way here to talk about a very critical issue. Just climate change. Yeah, but before we do that, let's let's tell the people who you are and why you sitting in front of you. What? What gives you the right to talk about this topic? Thank you so much. I It's a long way. It's a long way to come where I am today. I've bean remember we only have two minutes. You know, e. I think that I want to come the long way shot to measure that way. Clear? Yes. I mean, Ecologist by training grew up in Limpopo and said in Vista Venda. And then did my muscles and invasive kept on looking at them Push encroachment toe work on also bringing the dynamic that happy in the country but more off this moron environmental management. And then I grew up the interest off involuntary management, particularly looking at the climate change issues. Why climate change? Simply because a lot of things that are happening which are actually unfolding and set aside after me change. So this is one of the key issues that I think communities need to be aware off there had to be sitting in front of you. That's a difficult question, but to make it easier, it's because if we don't talk about this, your water and your food on energy security, he will not be there if we don't talk about this and I've got the Writer City because I want to share the information and also share my perspective in terms of where the country should be going with regard to economic issues and also our responsibility That includes you and me. We always know that it begins with me and it begins with you in terms ofthe exchanging and implementing some off. There weren't going to do on the ground. Yeah, I know that. You guys started some kind of an institute in climate change. Tell us a little bit about that before we even go. Yes way saw the need for us to start having engagements with the different partners. Bringing government is a key partner private sector communities to that industry called Adaptation Institute of Southern Africa. We intentionally one toe and change ourselves in the African continent. But we are now has a footprint on the southern African region because we wantto address committed issues. You you'll know about the extremely events that are our climate change your floods, droughts that hits Mozambique is about where listen to in terms of four times was the land in terms of their batteries so that we have relationships with those 30 countries and we must make sure that we address the Chinese off limits. So the institution itself it's a door tow platform for us to start a conversation, but most importantly, to unite us, it is the seller agreed to have a Consummated response. Islamic engine actions on the ground to address this issues with little communities, perfect your own online radio and we talking climate change. And we have never can I Tongue is tight, but before we even go into that because I think we'll take a break and then we'll come back and go deeper into the floods and all of that cost. But the question I have here is why is this an important issue to talk about? But before we do, why would a boy from Limpopo be interested in climate change? How did you get into that? What? What was the trigger for you? It zoom around having an interest off. They're having an impact, your life, making informed decisions, changing things the way they are. I grope his head, boy. So my grandfather's will be bending their fields or being there felt around June July. I never knew what that was. And then later, when I started doing ecology, I realise Oh, actually, they need to bend a fight because you clear the moribund grands off the dead grass for the new season to come. That begins became more interesting because the more you, Ben, the motorists you get So yes, on, then if you don't bend still, you still get more trees and other areas when this higher informed. So that became a trend because that leads the Philemon. We call it bushing Christmas Eve, with more trees coming into an area where you don't have a lot of trees. And this is the painting already around the world from vendor. For most part ofthe vendor, you know it's for it's a whole forest. You can you can move from one to get to another easily inventor, but one of the cages that the Communists are dependent on this wood for fire. So now the trail of its besides them painting there now cutting down these trees. And then that became a challenge, because now, by cutting down your trees, you are now allowing strong winds to hit your infrastructure. Now you know, you started to think What exactly is it that the committees are practising? That it's good practise and bad practises? And then when I visited ecology, then I started realising that this is the field that I wanted to pursue. That sounds interesting when we come back, actually want to talk because now you raised another issue, and I think it's very much in your in your space when we talk about the fires and forest fires. I mean, there's a very interesting I think that's happening now in the south of the US Southwest. Yusa. With all the forest fires that are happening and everybody keeps going, this is a two way come back. So let's take a quick radio wave. Been talking about me because he was saying something very interesting. So I thought you kids, because I want my listeners to hear this. So you were saying something about the difference between Madrid and situation? The good thing about college is that you need to know what supplant way. So in Iraq, like Madrid, it's more like a grassland in a weapon, because if you look at the area, if you drive from major in tow, going up to patrol and say Children, most of that area, it's more like a friend ofthe wetland on DH, then you your trees line was that coming out there on the riverbanks, but on top you'll see a little off dominant grass speeds, which makes it much more for class lint. But then that also then says we need to be hearing something different there. I think for me my problem is, when you say that it made me it makes me think then that Okay, also then the building. I need to be different. Yes, definitely. So it comes back to your building standards, your calls, your understanding off your environment that you're beating in their engineer. This way, engineers need yelling. Stan comes in that when you're building made rent, you're gonna be the symbol. Is that you, Bill? Yeah, And when even plant get plans that I'm gonna get trees, that they will be able to interact well in a wetland or in a much more moist in valley leads compatriot trying something like your oak tree, your values and your way Just go around the river systems have three large scale and see what other German entries they, which I originally and then you can plant them up off a bit away from the moist environment, toe of those and a glass Assistants. This is a conversation that we're having in terms ofthe forestation in the contract is that you don't just go and plant your trees anyway. Go plunges where there have been days surgically. Yeah, and Johnny just failed the advantage because I think what I remember little I remember my eyes also that if it's planted in the wrong place, it actually takes up a lot more mutual than water. So let's go, Let's go. So if you were to advise, I'm sure they have people, students, adults who are looking to be in that carrier. If you have to give them advice about that kind of career, what would you say? What what should they study? What should they think? Look foreign, Zaveri. Difficult question. It sounds very simple, but difficult.