By Jeff Kapembwa Anxiety has gripped Zambia over the possible content of the national budget for the fiscal year 2026 by finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane on Friday, dubbed: ‘launch pad for economic recovery spurred by prudent fiscal and monetary management. Reeling from a nagging…
By Bertha Pata Mwinilunga District leaders in North-Western province have welcomed the proposed Building Resilience of Food, Livelihoods, and Ecosystems Services (BREFOLES) project, describing it as a potential game-changer for local farming communities. According to Mwinilunga Town Council Secretary, Joseph Kanyemba, said “The BREFOLES…
By Jeff Kapembwa The ongoing 80th-edition of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80), opened in New York on 9 Sept. with a warning to world leaders to approach the climate change impasse with a coordinated action, describing it a recurring ‘global crisis’. United…
By Jeff Kapembwa Zambia’s quest to insulate against the recurring climate change received a fillip after the Czech’s republic, a member of the 28-member European Union sought to partner in the protection of the forestry sector, faced with massive extinction trees, chiefly for charcoal….
By Jeff Kapembwa The just ended and second edition of the African Climate summit, hosted in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, justified the zeal, as a ‘united continent’ to raise resources independently, devoid of aid to insulate against the recurring El Nino induced calamity….
By Jeff Kapembwa Zambia has reaffirmed its unwavering resolve to uphold the rule of law, fight climate change, and accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS), among other democratic tenets, through localized actions to conform to the United Nations Global Pact for the future. Last…
By Jeff Kapembwa The Africa’s largest climate change meeting held in Addis Ababa closed Wednesday with a call for sustained collaboration with leading institution and investors to maximize renewable energy potential to insulate against risks. Dubbed: “Accelerating Global Climate Solutions: Financing for Africa’s Resilient…
By Jeff Kapembwa Africa’s self-determination lies in the creation of a climate Innovation Compact Fund unlike aid dependence to tackle 1,000 African solutions—buffeting growth sectors and advancing Pan-African prosperity, notes host Ethiopia. The creation of the sustained fund, to be hinged on partnerships by all…
By Jeff Kapembwa Africa should maximise the use of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and cut down emissions that may hype the meagre emissions and contribute to climate change, continent’s airspace regulatory body, African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) has warned. The aviation industry accounts…
By Mary Kasoka Mwiikisa As Zambia grapples with environmental issues such as mining pollution, illegal mining that has led to land degradation and a climate change induced energy shortage, Africa prepares to gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the Africa Climate Summit, with many…
