Keith Hyams – The Conversation

The Batwa community are believed to be one of the original inhabitants of the Equatorial Forest in the Great Lakes Region.

February 3, 2021

Uganda’s Batwa community are vulnerable to climate change, but aren’t involved in adaptation decisions

Dr Poshendra Satyal, University of East Anglia; Dr Noelle Kumpel, University of Cambridge; Keith Hyams, University of Warwick, and Morten Fibieger Byskov, University of Warwick

Despite being highly affected by a changing climate, Uganda’s Batwa community lack voice, agency and influence in climate adaptation planning and actions.

A woman takes part in an alternative summit of indigenous people during COP25. David Fernandez/EPA-EFE

March 3, 2020

Richer countries must do more to help those already experiencing the climate crisis

Keith Hyams, University of Warwick and Morten Fibieger Byskov, University of Warwick

Our research has brought us into contact with multiple communities whose lives are increasingly precarious thanks to climate change.

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