Iss1/Ch1 Desertification Happens When Raindrops Meet Him at the Bar Instead of Percolating into Groundwater: Stay Thirsty, My Friends

Chris and Charley discuss the Sahel’s desertification crisis, and how this has led to the collapse of Lake Chad. Then, they try to decide whether global poverty statistics characterize poverty or are an exercise in concealing the severity of the problem before reviewing those statistics for Cameroon. Then they turn to and water infrastructure in Cameroon with more obfuscating statistics. Finally, we meet some of the villains of the story. ____________________________________ Issue 1: Climate Change and Freshwater Intro: Why did Lake Chad collapse and why are Cameroonians so thirsty? Chapter 1: Desertification of the Sahel and Cameroon’s water infrastructure Chapter 2: Cameroon gains “independence” from France Chapter 3: Poverty, structural adjustments, and dictators Chapter 4: The US New Deal’s Soil Conservation Service is a proven model Bonus 1: More on Cameroon’s independence movement Bonus 2: How did Ahidjo make himself a dictator? Bonus 3: How did Biya take control from Ahidjo? _____ Issue 1 is available in written and podcast format __________