CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTING BOTH RURAL AND URBAN YOUTH

06.08. 2014
 
United Nation Youth Association says both the rural and urban population young people are been affected by climate change.

Association Secretary General Mathews Kalabo tells this blog that Climate Change is affecting all sectors of the economy.

Mr. Kalabo has since called on world leaders to give a platform to the young at the forth coming Climate Summit which begins on 23^rd September this year in New York City.
 
Climate change is not only a science but a real problem which is today having consequences on people’s lives. 
 
This environmental problem is disrupting national economies, costing the world dearly today and even more tomorrow. 

Now as World leaders meet next month at a climate Summit in New York City UN Association says both rural and Urban Youth have been negatively affected by Climate Change.

Mr. Mathews Kalabo  who is the associations’ Secretary General has also urged world leaders to give an opportunity to young people at the 2014 Climate Change Summit.
 
And Speaking from United States of America via a Tele -Conference monitored by Desire Media Concepts  in Lusaka at UN information Centre Dan Thomas, a Senior communications Officer under the United Nations Secretary General’s team on climate Change disclosed that the young will be represented at a summit
  
Meanwhile UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited world leaders, from government, finance, business, and civil society to Climate Summit 2014 this September to galvanize and catalyze climate action. 

He has further called on  leaders to take bold announcements and actions to the Summit that will reduce emissions, strengthen climate resilience, and mobilize political will for a meaningful legal agreement in 2015.

SMALL SCALE FARMER BEMOANS IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

 31.07.2014

A small Scale Farmer in Munkonka Village in Rumfunsa District has bemoaned the adverse effects of Climate Change on the agriculture production in the area.

Mrs. Dorcas Shonga explains to Desire Media Concept  that majority Small Scale Farmers in the area recorded low productivity due to shortfall in rainfall which she attributed to climate change.

Mrs. Shonga who is a mother of eighty children has since noted that Small Scale farmers need necessary information if they are to adapt to the impact of climate change.

The Smale Scale Farmer who is now 64 years old is a former teacher. 

Meanwhile Eastern and Southern Africa Farmers Forum Country Coordinator Simon Mwamba has called on stake holders to help promote Small Scale irrigation in order to address challenges that come with Climate Change.

Mr. Mwamba explained that both government and Non-Governmental Organisations should work together in supporting SCFs realising that they contribute over 75 percent  towards the country's food security 

He added that that SCFs should be encouraged diversify in their crops noting that it  is one way in which they can adapt and mitigate the impact of climate change.

Small Scale Farmers call govermenet to addresses their obstacles

Zambian Small Scale Farmers  have called on government to address numerous challenges they are facing.

Speaking on behalf of other Small Scale Farmers this Morning at a High Level Policy Forum at Pamodzi Hotel Mrs. Grace Tepula called on government to tackle obstacles such as the poor road network which she explained that it leads to lack of access to markets for agricultural products.

Mrs. Tepula, a farmer from the Copperbelt Province also lamented that their agricultural products fail to compete favourably with imported products as they are usually subsidized by  their country of origin.

"Look, for instance home grown potatoes are more expensive than the imported ones. The reason is simple, those imported potatoes are subsidised  by the country of origin. Now, this situation disadvantages a local small scale farmer like myself'", she said.

She has since appealed to government to formulate deliberate policy that will promote local agricultural products.

 

And speaking at the same occasion Agriculture Minister Wilbur Simusa assured stake holders that his government is serious in addressing various challenges been encountered by the agriculture sector.

Mr. Simusa explained that government has increased budgetary allocation in the area of improving the road infrastructure.

Action Aid Zambia, Platform for Social Protection and ONE are among other organizations that sponsored this morning’s High Level Policy Forum whose theme was Changing the way we do agriculture in Zambia

UNDP SAYS ZAMBIA AMONG COUNTRIES THAT SUFFER SEVERE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

03.06.2014

 

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) echoes that Zambia and many other Southern Africa Countries are facing severe impact of climate Change despite their minimal contributions towards carbon emissions.

Climate Change advisor for UNDP in Zambia Excellent Hachileka explained to Desire Media Concepts  that there is need for the country  to find ways to minimize the negative impacts of Climate Change.

Mr. Hachileka said that Zambia should improve the capacity by developing measures in various sectors of the economy that will address the negative impact of climate change.

“Climate Change affects everyone , globally, and the impacts vary depending where you are. Unfortunately, for Zambia and mostly  Southern African Countries the impacts are more  severe  than other parts of the World  though  their contributions in terms of green house gases are minimal”, Mr. Hachileka said.

Mr. Hachileka suggested that there is need for Zambia and other countries to adopt appropriate technologies and policies to reduce the adverse effects of Climate Change

Zambia l on Thursday 29^th May 2014 held a high level meeting on Climate Change Resilience which was attended by District Commissioners, Town Clerks and Council Secretaries across the country.

Zambia is currently implementing Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) in the Kafue and Barotse Basins.