By Jeff Kapembwa Senior policymakers, financiers, and private sector leaders, and several government leaders have mobilized US$3 billion towards addressing the climate change impact in the Congo Basin while committing to provide technical support to the Cartel Loss and Damage on the continent. During…
By Happy Mulolani Despite the devastating climatic shocks, which resulted in a severe drought in 2023/2024 farming season, thereby affecting many households in Zambia in 38 years, the country has managed to recover. This severe drought was followed by a record 3.6million metric tonnes…
By Happy Mulolani The recent launch of the climate change and adaptation programme in Eastern province, provides a glimmer of hope as communities seek to encourage more people to adapt to practises aimed at tackling various climate shocks affecting their respective communities. For these…
By Jeff Kapembwa The World Health Organisation has approved more than US$3 million in additional contingence to support countries threatened by the dreaded Ebola virus, an impetus amplified by 100 countries offering climate action to build resiliency, low carbon health systems. The second Contingency…
By Jeff Kapembwa Zambia celebrated its second bumper harvest of maize crop in a row amid warnings of an impending climatic driven crisis that threatens food security in the Southern African bread basket Amid the country’s expected 4.9 million metric tons of the staple…
By Jeff Kapembwa Zambia has weighed its support towards the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD14), multilateral banks and other players’ economic transformation agenda on the continent with a call to scaled-up investment in climate resilience, financial inclusion, agriculture, rural transformation, and food systems…
By Jeff Kapembwa An El Nino induced weather pattern that caused drought and dwarfed food production in Southern African regional countries, is forecast to recur early next year as Zambia launches the US$4 million Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF), an early warning facility to…
By Jeff Kapembwa The Just ended Africa-France summit resolved among other landmark decisions to support Africa revolutionalise its agriculture sector and help rebuild the continent’s worsening food production that threatens millions of people with starvation. The leaders in their commitments reiterated their commitment to…
By Jeff Kapembwa Leaders that converged in the Kenya Capital Nairobi for the landmark Africa–France Summit last week, resolved in unison to support unwavering investment into Africa and tap into the continent’s stunted growth. The two-day indaba agreed on criss crossing matters including mobilising…
By Jeff Kapembwa -Zambia’s quest to strengthen its climate action through sustained reduced GreenHouse Gases (GHGs) emissions by the close of the decade, inched closer as espoused under the Green Growth Strategy. Zambia, one of the African countries tormented by the crisis and in…
