Southern African nations are moving to overhaul their approach to environmental disasters, transitioning from reactive emergency responses to a permanent regional strategy of anticipatory action. At the SADC Committee of Ministers Responsible for Disaster Risk Management meeting held this week, regional leaders called for initiatives to protect the bloc’s economy from recurring climate shocks. The…
African climate leaders, negotiators, policymakers and partners kicked off the 7th Africa Climate Talks with a strong call to move the global climate agenda from commitments to credible implementation. Held under the theme “Africa’s Road to COP32: From Commitments to Credible Implementation,” the meeting comes at a decisive moment for global climate action, as countries…
Leaders and experts convened at the UN Conference Centre in Addis Ababa to tackle Africa’s interconnected challenges related to climate, water, energy, and food security. The dialogue on “Climate-Water-Energy-Food Nexus Solutions for Africa’s Sustainable Development” was a hybrid event and part of the ARFSD12 pre-events, which brought together representatives from UN agencies, the African Union,…
The government has approved the Third National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, designed to reverse the rapid degradation of the country’s natural ecosystems. Minister of Information Soda Zhemu said biodiversity is vital to Zimbabwe’s social, cultural, and economic development, yet it faces significant threats from factors such as unregulated land use change, pollution, climate change,…
Rwanda is set to host the first-ever centralised group review of Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) for African Least Developed Countries (LDCs), marking a pivotal shift in how the continent tracks and communicates its climate progress. The event will take place alongside a hands-on capacity-building training on Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) tools. The event, happening from…
The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) concluded in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday with Member States adopting 11 resolutions, three decisions and a ministerial declaration aiming to advance solutions for a more resilient planet. The assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the environment. More than 6,000 people – representing 186 countries…
The last week of COP30 has begun in Belém with a palpable sense of urgency. Ministers and senior officials are now stepping into the spotlight, as negotiations move from technical wrangling to political decision-making. The stakes? Nothing less than charting a credible path to climate justice in a world running out of time. UN climate…
Staff Writer Zimbabwe joined a significant international coalition, formally endorsing the Belém Declaration on Hunger, Poverty, and People-Centred Climate Action during the recent Belém Climate Summit in Brazil. The declaration, signed on Friday, November 7, by leaders from 43 countries and the European Union, places the humanitarian and social impacts of global warming at the…
As world leaders gather in Brazil for the COP30 climate summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday called for urgent action to drive down global temperatures and keep the 1.5°C goal within reach. “Every fraction of a degree means more hunger, displacement, and loss – especially for those least responsible. It could push ecosystems past irreversible tipping…
Staff Writer Zimbabwe requires a minimum of US$29.3 billion to adapt and mitigate the climate crisis through 2035, a new report shows. According to the country’s official position paper for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Zimbabwe is framing the upcoming summit as a…
