11.03.2015
Oxfam Zambia says funds reaching local communities
to address climate change are not enough.
Oxfam livelihoods project officer Mutinta Nketani
explains that countries that are mostly responsible for greenhouse emissions
are not giving enough for communities to adapt to the changing of the climate.
Ms. Nketani adds that the insufficient funds are not
enabling communities affected by climate change to continue
depending on their livelihood
Maybin Augustine Katungulu reports in Zambia recent findings
indicate that 25 million United States Dollars had been approved through
multilateral public climate funds for the country.
For instance, much higher amount of funding has been
pledged towards the Pilot Programme for
Climate Resilience (PPCR).
“ Even the funds that are coming from the people
that are mainly responsible for green -house gas emissions are not giving
enough to allow communities that are been affected to adapt or to build
resilience to be able to continue, depending on their livelihood”, explains Ms
Nketani.
Meanwhile Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale
Farmers Forum is of the view that communities, mostly by climate change should
be engaged in tracking funds met adaptation or resilience.
Country coordinator Simon Mwamba has since urged
civil society organizations in Zambia to raise awareness among the communities
on climate change projects and funding.
Certainly, there should be levels of accountability
and transparent in the application of climate change funds, recognizing that
both local and international resources have increased towards climate change
adaptation programmes.
However, this can only happen with the involvement
of local communities in the utilization of climate change related resources.
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