Zimbabwe is attending the 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to tackle escalating crises in land degradation, desertification, and climate-induced drought. The Conference officially commenced on 17 August and will run through 28 August 2026 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Convened under the overarching global…
Zimbabwe has formally approved two major international agreements to strengthen its national climate resilience and drought risk financing framework through the African Risk Capacity (ARC). In a post-Cabinet briefing, the government said it ratified a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the global non-profit Start Network. The agreement establishes a partnership under the ARC Replica Programme,…
The Meteorological Services Department will launch Zimbabwe’s National Early Warnings for All Action Plan this week, establishing a comprehensive framework to protect citizens nationwide from escalating climate and weather-related disasters. The strategy translates a global United Nations directive into an operational national plan designed to guarantee that every citizen, regardless of location or vulnerability, receives…
Staff Writer Southern African nations are moving to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their infrastructure planning to safeguard the region’s transport corridors, airports, and communication networks from extreme weather events. Southern African Development Community (SADC) officials warned that escalating floods, severe droughts, and intense cyclones are threatening vital regional logistics loops have shifted the focus…
Staff Writer Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States are meeting in Lilongwe to build consensus on accessing climate disaster money from the Loss and Damage Fund. The SADC Regional Dialogue on Loss and Damage comes at a critical time for Southern Africa. The region continues to experience increasingly frequent and severe droughts, floods and…
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…
