COP-17: Plan devised for Sadc water management

The Southern African Development Community (Sadc), one of the regions whose water resources are most severely affected by extreme weather such as droughts and floods, launched a climate change adaptation strategy for its water sector at the COP-17 conference in Durban yesterday, according to the Business Day.

"Lack of infrastructure to mitigate the impact of climate change and climate variability is a key factor that undermines the region’s ability to cope with disasters," said Sadc regional integration executive secretary Joao Caholo. The regional strategy proposes a 20-year plan to integrate water resources management.