By Jeff Kapembwa The much heralded COP 29 opened in the Azerbaijan capital, Baku, with that country’s leader, Mukhtar Babayev, boasting about the country’s endowed fossil fuels, a reagent to climate change. However, the United Nations gnashes its teeth over the delayed action to…
By Mary Kasoka Mwiikisa Baku Azerbaijan – The Zambian government has urged financial institutions to scale up their support towards climate action in Zambia. Zambia’s Green Economy and Environment Minister Mike Mposha, has advised bank representatives attending the Conference of Parties (COP29) in Azerbaijan,…
By Mary Kasoka Mwiikisa Baku, Azerbaijan – The Government says Zambia is ready to expand its carbon market space and allow more players in the industry. Speaking at the ongoing climate change conference (COP29) in Baku, Green Economy, and Environment Minister Mike Mposha has…
By Mary Kasoka Mwiikisa Baku, Azerbaijan -The Conference of Parties 29th edition (COP29), has opened in Baku Azerbaijan, on the backdrop of heightened actualization of climate finance commitments by the global north, responsible for 92% of excess global carbon emissions. Zambia’s Green Economy and…
By Happy Mulolani Undoubtedly, Zambia is one of the countries negatively impacted by the climate crisis, which culminated in a severe drought that hit various sectors of the economy. One of the critical sectors worst hit is the agriculture sector as the country witnessed…
By Jeff Kapembwa African leaders need to innovate, be practical, decisive and bold in its fight against hunger taunting over 3 billion inhabitants and spurred by climate change coupled with global financial shocks, among other factors escalating poverty on the continent, an African bank says….
By Happy Mulolani Zambia has experienced the worst drought this year which has not only hit the agriculture sector but also negatively impacted various sectors of the economy. This situation has impacted on the food production of the country’s smallholder farmers who produce approximately…
By Chiluba Kawimbe “Innovative technologies in a changing climatic environment” was the theme for the 2024 Golden Valley Agriculture Research Trust (GART) National Seed, Horticulture and Aquaculture fair in Chisamba district of Central province. The Golden Valley Agriculture Research Trust fair is meant to…
By Jeff Kapembwa Leading lenders, World Bank and African Development Bank have extended capacity to three of the Southern African states to help realign economic growth trajectories using the private sector as front wheels while seeking to reduce poverty in rural homesteads and insulate the…
By Mary Kasoka Mwiikisa On a hot sunny afternoon, we take a drive to Chongwe’s Kanakantapa area, a resettlement agricultural scheme established in the 1990s. This was in response to the country’s economic crisis then, which resulted from plummeting copper prices on the international…
