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Economic and social sectors will require $9,9 billion - including $519 for disaster risk reduction - in the next five to 10 years to cope with climate change according to a financial breakdown released by the Government of Zimbabwe, reports The Herald. In his opinion piece, Jeffrey Gogo asserts that the cost for mitigating and adapting to climate change will not remain static, and calls for fulfilment of funding promises from all parties...
A recent University of Zimbabwe study conducted among 1,200 children found that children generally understand how climate change is affecting their wellbeing and that climate change is increasing the vulnerabilities of children. Furthermore, the study confirmed that children experience the negative effects of climate change, according to The Herald...
While the policy would not prevent catastrophes from occurring, it would assist decision makers integrate disaster risk management into national economic and development planning. Local climate and weather systems have been changing over many decades, and yet most farmers and Government at large, remain ill-prepared for extreme climate events, which usually result in severe food shortages...
'We promote the growing of drought resistant crops like sorghum, millets, food processing and preservation among women and communities. The answer is irrigation and appropriate technology driven food production,' said Dr Olivia Muchena, Zimbabwean Minister of Women’s Affairs and Gender Development...
'There is still need to promote a hands-on approach to utilising climate forecasting tools, use bottom-up and participatory processes in project design as well as the need to develop institutional capacities and policy frameworks at national and local levels', the Global Environmental Facility told the Herald of its project...
'There is [..] a great need for all countries in the region and development practitioners to re-think their development approaches in terms of disaster risk reduction, says Johnson Siamachira in an editorial for The Herald. Follow similar discussions at the Global Platform...
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