By Jeff Kapembwa Cane production at Zambia Sugar Plc, dwarfed by 23 percent as revenue growth at the sweetening company rose, a company spokesperson said in an advertised statement. Zambia Sugar, majority owned by South Africa’s Illovo Sugar Africa, faced a decline of cane…
By Jeff Kapembwa It may rain heavily in Zambia with weather easterlies expected to converge on the Southern African state this weekend. Forecasts by NGA AgroClimate Tech, a weather analysis agency, says Zambia is gearing up for an active weather pattern this week, starting…
By Jeff Kapembwa Africa should preserve its natural; diversity for the sake of the future generation because they sustain livelihoods, regulate the climate, and hold deep cultural and spiritual value, the African Union says. Research findings show that the continent’s biodiversity is at greater…
By Jeff Kapembwa Zambia’s energy woes spurred by climate-induced actions are seemingly being addressed in collaboration with the private sector after Africa Development Bank approved US$14,5 million financing to install 20-Megawatt solar project in Garneton North in the northern part of the country to…
By Jeff Kapembwa Zambia’s quest to insulate the Southern African state from climate induced shocks and actualise the Green Growth Strategy (GGS) received a fillip from the private sector with a planned issuance of a US$100 million-worth sustainability Bond to raise capital. Zambia has…
We’ ve collectively as the world, failed to maintain the global temperature rise at 1.5 degrees Celsius as agreed and this will come to haunt us because of its severe consequences on the planet, says United Nation Secretary General, António Guterres. Guterres says despite…
By Jeff Kapembwa Characteristics of climate change continue in Zambia with many part of the country, the capital Lusaka, included, projected to heat up, as much as 40 degrees, as the La Nina lingers in the horizon, predicting above to normal rainfall for most…
By Jeff Kapembwa The Kafue Plains in Zambia, Southern Africa region’s most endowed hydrology, is faced with serious threats of extinction spurred by consequences of climate change, threatening the ecosystem relied upon by various communities for their livelihoods. The recurring climate crisis and inadequate…
By Jeff Kapembwa Over half of the 30,000 people in rural-Chama North constituency in Northern Zambia, hard hit by hunger are resorting to eating wild fruits, mangoes and other edibles, abandoning their farming chores while wandering from ‘one chiefdom to another to survive’ after the…
By Jeff Kapembwa In less than two weeks, precisely, November 11, the Conference of Parties (COP), 30th edition will kick off in Belem, Brazil’ Amazon city, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and other campaigners are challenging world leaders to adapt to insulate against consequences…
