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This is my final and last blog post. I started blogging this year through UCL. I wrote two blogs this term, so I was able to gain a lot of experience.
I learned what to look out for to find the content of the blog or specific blog posts. To go through tons of information in a variety of ways and then reflect it in a rather short format, was new for me. I found this very challenging, because some topics are very extensive and can't be summarized in a short time, like the case with Boko Haram.
Nevertheless, I liked the way the knowledge about climate change and water increased from week to week and how complex I know more about it now.
Regarding the content, I have looked at different lakes and how they are suffering from climate change. Then I looked at the socio-economic consequences. This approach was very useful to me because it enabled me to establish the links and understand the causes of the problems for the local population. In my last two posts, I then dealt with the management of water because I felt it was an important aspect.
To sum up, I can say that there were quite similar problems in my case studies, although the lakes are located very differently in Africa. The effects of climate change can be seen everywhere in the shrinking water levels, rising water temperatures and changing conditions. Since the primary sector in the selected areas is essential for people's lives, the impacts are particularly drastic. Since scientific predictions suggest that global warming will continue to increase unless consistent action is taken, the future for those affected does not look good. The desiccation of water will continue to increase and the number of people suffering will also increase. Climate refugees will become more and more. The debate on this issue has once again shown me that climate change must be stopped at all costs and that decisive changes must take place at political level, especially in the industrialised countries.

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