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Zambia

How to create resilient agriculture
SCIDEV.NET | 21 Mar 2012
Durable food security and agricultural growth depend on development strategies with resilience built in from the start, says Gordon Conway.
 Zambia | Climate Change Adaptation
Zambia: Country Affected By Climate Change - Minister
AllAfrica.com | 18 Nov 2011
GOVERNMENT has said Zambia has not been spared from the effects of climate change and appealed for wider participation of citizens in addressing the challenges.
 Zambia | Climate Change
Zambia: PS Calls for Renewed Vigour in Climate Change Fight
AllAfrica.com | 22 Jun 2010
SOUTHERN Province Permanent Secretary Gladys Kristafor has called for renewed effort in fighting climate change in the country. She said development would depend on how Zambia responded to the challenge of climate change hence the importance to fight the problem.Ms Kristafor said Zambia was greatly affected by climate change hence the importance of combined efforts to fight climate change.
 Zambia | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change Mitigation
Zambia: Don't Ignore Climate Change - Zamseed
AllAfrica.com | 31 May 2010
ZAMBIA Seed Company (ZAMSEED) has advised farmers in the country against ignoring economic and climate challenges posed on the agriculture sector by the effects of climate change if Zambia is to continue recording bumper harvest.
 Zambia | Climate Change Impacts
Zambia: South Permsec Hails Sun
AllAfrica.com | 23 Mar 2010
SOUTHERN Province Permanent Secretary Gladys Kristafor has said it is important to promote environmental sustainability for Zambia to overcome problems of climate change. "This approach will support other policy developments such as the protection and management of natural resources, and bio-diversity and forest enterprise development," she said.
 Zambia | Biodiversity | Climate Change Mitigation | Policy
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Urges State
AllAfrica.com | 08 Jun 2009
THE Government has called on developed countries to significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to the levels that will ensure the world enjoys a cleaner and greener environment.
 Zambia | Energy Efficiency | Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Zambia: Scores Watch Lunar Rainbow
AllAfrica.com | 11 May 2009
SCORES of local and foreign tourists thronged the Victoria Falls at night over the weekend to watch the lunar rainbow.
 Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change
Economic slump may limit moves on clean energy
International Herald Tribune | 25 Nov 2008
From Italy to China, a poor global economy and plunging prices of coal and oil are upending plans to wean businesses and consumers from fossil fuel.
 Afghanistan | Albania | Algeria | Angola | Argentina | Armenia | Australia | Austria | Bangladesh
Southern Africa: Soldiers on Standby for Southern African Floods
BuaNews | 13 Feb 2008
After opening a floodgate at a key dam that is expected to force Mozambique to evacuate 100 000 people, Zambia and neighbour Zimbabwe said on Monday that they had placed military forces on flood alert.
 Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change
Zambia: Water is Life, Conserve it by Harvesting It
Times of Zambia | 11 Feb 2008
ALTHOUGH too much rain has caused havoc in some parts of the country, agriculturists believe water can be harvested and later on used for agricultural purposes.
 Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change
Southern Africa: Nearly $89 million needed to respond to floods
UN News Centre | 11 Feb 2008
The international relief aid community is seeking nearly $89 million to help hundreds of thousands of people in flood-hit parts of Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
 Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change
Zambia: Floods Declared National Disaster
Times of Zambia | 18 Jan 2008
President Mwanawasa has declared the floods currently being experienced in some parts of the country a national disaster.
 Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change
Southern Africa: Contingency Planning Saves Many From Floods
IRIN News | 18 Jan 2008
A more effective early warning response and better cooperation between governments in southern Africa has led to a dramatically reduced death toll in the flooding that has hit the region this season.
 Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change
Zambia: Climate Change Effects Hit Country
Times of Zambia | 21 Nov 2007
ZAMBIA has already started experiencing adverse effects of climate change through floods and droughts experienced in recent years, Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources Minister, Michael Kaingu has told Parliament.
 Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change
Zambia's number 2 chair for combat desertification
Times of Zambia | 07 Sep 2007
ZAMBIA has been elected vice chair of the Africa Working Group at the on-going United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) conference of the Parties eighth Session (COP8), in Madrid, Spain.
 Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change
Africa: Developing Nations Embrace Renewable Energy
AllAfrica.com | 22 Jun 2007
Developing countries have increased investment in renewable energy, accounting for one-fifth of the world's total last year, according to a report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) released today (21 June).
 Energy Efficiency | Renewable Energy | Climate Change
Africa: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Appoints Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General of t...
AllAfrica.com | 14 Jun 2007
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa today announced the appointment of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as its first chairman.
 Biodiversity
Africa: UN Wins Pledges to Plant Billion Trees
AllAfrica.com | 25 May 2007
The United Nations has received pledges to plant over a billion trees in a drive to help fight climate change and poverty, Reuters reported from Nairobi quoting the UN as having said Tuesday.
 Climate Change | Global Warming
Africa: UN Refugee Agency Backs 'Green' Plan
AllAfrica.com | 23 May 2007
Backing a major "green" initiative, the United Nations refugee agency has pledged to plant more than 9 million trees this year in areas of human displacement.
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Africa: City Leaders Ring Climate Change Alarm
AllAfrica.com | 22 May 2007
JOHANNESBURG mayor Amos Masondo and 30 mayors of the world's biggest cities have called on Group of Eight (G-8) leaders meeting in Germany to encourage national governments to support city leaders in combating climate change.
 Climate Change | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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