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…
By Jeff Kapembwa Despite Sweden facing similar climate crisis, it willing to extend a hand and help Zambia overcome its drought stricken economy which has left many households vulnerable, says Ambassador to Zambia Johan Hallenborg. Zambia is reeling from a tirade of climatic change…
By Mary Kasoka Mwiikisa The impact of global warming is costing African nations up to 5% of their economic output, the United Nations climate chief said on Thursday, calling for more investments to help adapt to climate change. Despite contributing far less polluting emissions…
By Jeff Kapembwa AFRICA needs to transform the agriculture sector through various interventions to make it resilient against climate change and other global shocks that compel the continent to endure the global food crisis, the African Union has noted. The resurging climate change has…
By Mabvuto Banda Over 75 percent of Southern Africa is covered by semi-arid and arid ecosystems with more than 70 percent of the population relying on agriculture. With rich biodiversity and valuable ecosystem services, about 25 percent of productive land is threatened by soil…
By Mary Kasoka Mwiikisa Veronica Chilufya passionately recounts one of the climate change stories she worked on a few months ago, focusing on how extreme weather conditions affect people with albinism. “It’s one of the stories that exposed me to the bigger picture of…
By Mary Kasoka Mwiikisa Zambia launched its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) in November 2023, a document meant to offer a holistic approach to climate change adaptation activities in Zambia. This blueprint is also a requirement by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…
By Jeff Kapembwa Operationalisation of Zambia’s Green Growth Strategy launched last April to promote environmental sustainability while insulating the country against climate change effects in the long term may have to wait longer than is envisaged as stakeholders seek different timelines in enacting the…
By Happy Mulolani WITH the current prevailing climatic conditions taking centre stage, Zambia has faced its worst drought ever experienced this year. Amid these challenges, it is key to understand that essentially climate finance is a catalyst for mitigation and adaptation. Indaba Agricultural Policy…
