By Jeff Kapembwa Campaigners against climate change are meeting in Lusaka, the Zambia’s capital, to strategise against the impending El Nino, threatening the continent’s ecosystem, prompting a call for action. The two-day jointly organized 21st Twenty-First African Continental Climate Outlook Forum (ACCOF-21), strategic dialogue…
By Jeff Kapembwa To fight and build climate-resilient infrastructure and transition to clean energy by 2030 as espoused under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Africa should strive to raise a staggering US$1 trillion annually to insulate. Africa has waged a relentless war against the…
By Jeff Kapembwa The Artificial intelligence (AI), a branch of computer science expected to outdo human intelligence including learning, reasoning, problem-solving, understanding language, and making decisions actually has climate related destructive for Africa. A report by UN agency- the University Institute for Water, Environment…
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…
