By Jeff Kapembwa AFRICA’s quest to reduce climate change impact on the environment and its inhabitants carries both political will and profit despite concerted efforts to save the over 3 billion-population on the continent from GreenHouse Gases (GHGs). The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the continent’s
By Jeff Kapembwa Climate change campaigners are demanding a review of the United Nations Process of consensus preferring to vote on ambitions needs to remedy the nagging climatic developments that have affected the planet and changing the life of mankind. The more than 200 campaigners
By Jeff Kapembwa Brazil, the next host for Conference of Parties (COP), is now the last hope for climate afflicted countries to deliberate and agree a roadmap for a “planned and just transition” to ending fossil fuels. Amid divisions that emerged during the 62nd meeting in Bonn
By Josiah Mpofu ZAMBIA is experiencing an ecological crisis, as it has been losing about 172,000 hectares of forest land, placing the country among the top in sub-Saharan Africa for deforestation rates. The situation has been worsened by activities such as charcoal production, illegal logging,
By Victor Chabinga In a world grappling with the far-reaching consequences of climate change, innovative solutions are not just desirable but imperative. Zambia, like many other nations, faces the daunting task of mitigating the effects of climate change on its environment, agriculture, and communities. Amidst
By Happy Mulolani A civil society organisation in the climate space has urged government and stakeholders to promote agroecology as a pathway to building resilience among farming communities to support a sustainable food system. FIAN Zambia Country Coordinator Vladimir Chilinya explained the need to align
By Happy Mulolani As Zambia grappled with the worst drought last year, various organisations scaled up interventions using digital tools to support communities in coping with the prevalent effects of climate change. Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) is one of the organisations that
By Jeff Kapembwa Zambia’s quest to remedy climate change effects through mitigation and adaptation has inched closer to realisation after its initiated legislations to transition into a low-carbon, resource efficient, resilient and socially inclusive economy by 2030. Zambia is one of the Least Developed Countries
By Jeff Kapembwa An estimated US$300 billion in climate financing will he ideal for developing countries to mitigate and adapt towards climate change effects in the next decade but affected countries should devise fool-proof plans to raise own resources to help cleanse the planet of
By Jeff Kapembwa An estimated US$300 billion in climate financing will he ideal for developing countries to mitigate and adapt towards climate change effects in the next decade but affected countries should devise fool-proof plans to raise own resources to help cleanse the planet of
