Southern Africa

Zambian technocrats set for more accountability in development planning

Lusaka, Zambia, 1 November 2019 (ECA) –Delegates at the just-ended workshop say they have gained insights into ways of optimising their work by routing key accountability factors into Zambia’s development planning processes.

The eight-day training programme, which was held in Lusaka and co-organized by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Ministry of National Development Planning drew participation from policy and programme planners, statisticians and other national professionals.

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Integrating climate resilience into development plans crucial for Africa’s development

Harare, Zimbabwe, October 31, 2019 (ECA) – Integrating climate resilience into development plans ensures returns on investment in today’s and tomorrow’s climate. This requires robust data, tools and capacity, yielding a resilience dividend to attract investment in closing Africa’s gaps in infrastructure, energy, agriculture and other important sectors, says Economic Commission for Africa’s Linus Mofor.

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Countries need to understand risk better for climate adaptation and resilience, says GFCS Head

Harare, Zimbabwe, 25 October 2019 (ECA) – With southern African countries constantly on the front lines of intensifying climate change, there is need for nations in the region to understand risk better for adaptation and climate resilience, says Filipe Lucio, Director of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS).

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Climate change and disasters; time for southern Africa to develop new tools to build resilience

Harare, Zimbabwe, October 24, 2019 (ECA) – Southern Africa needs to act now and build capacity within member States to urgently build the resilience of economies in the region, infrastructures, ecosystems and communities so they can withstand impacts of climate change.

This was said Thursday by Zimbabwe’s Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, Perrance Shiri, in remarks to a three-day planning workshop for climate resilient investment in reconstruction and development in cyclone affected regions of Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

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