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Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa has commended TrustAfrica for advancing community-led climate solutions and inclusive development in addressing the effects of climate change.
Mr. Kangwa said locally led adaptation was essential because communities were knowledge holders, innovators and first responders to climate risks, amid prolonged droughts, floods, heat stress and erratic rainfall affecting rural communities, women, youths and smallholder farmers.
He said this in a speech delivered on his behalf by Ministry of Green Economy and Environment Permanent Secretary Douty Chibamba during a TrustAfrica convening in Lusaka.
He says climate adaptation remained a national priority, guided by Zambia’s Nationally Determined Contributions, the National Adaptation Plan process, Vision 2030 and the Eighth National Development Plan, adding that Africa’s climate decisions must reflect local realities and voices ahead of COP31.
Meanwhile, TrustAfrica Programme Manager and Head of Africa Climate Futures Beatrice Makwenda said climate change was not merely an environmental challenge but also an issue of justice, livelihoods, power and development.
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