ClimateChange

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Business

Resource-rich Chivi demands greater say in extraction

October 12, 2022 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter Residents of Chivi have demanded equitable approaches in the extraction of natural resources in the district, saying ordinary people must be allowed to enjoy the right to determine the pace of community...

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Politics

Climate change and the just energy transition: Is Africa trapped?

October 8, 2022 0 Comment

Claude Kabemba Addressing climate change and a just energy transition are inseparable; they are two sides of the same coin. We need an energy transition to resolve the climate crisis. Climate change is a...

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Business NEWS

Weak irrigation systems a bane for food security

October 8, 2022 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter With climate change severely undermining the viability of rain-fed agriculture in many parts of Zimbabwe, the country’s underdeveloped irrigation systems is one of the many obstacles militating against the quest for national...

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Politics Top Story

‘Chivi needs small weirs in all wards’

September 30, 2022 0 Comment

…as boreholes dry up due to receding water tables EnviroPress Reporter Chivi district is experiencing very high temperatures which have seen many boreholes starting to dry up as early as July, signaling worsening weather...

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Politics Top Story

Zim marks Africa Climate Week with emphasis on ACE

September 15, 2022 0 Comment

Moses Ziyambi The Africa Climate Week, which was held in Libreville, Gabon, between August 29 and September 02, 2022, saw Zimbabwe participating with a focus on the Glasgow Work Programme on Action for Climate...

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Politics Top Story

With climate change, the world is indeed a global village

August 13, 2022 0 Comment

Moses Ziyambi What is climate change? It is the shift in long term average weather conditions for a given geographical area. Climate change and climate variability Zimbabwe’s climate has never been consistent each year...

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Politics Top Story

Food (in)security: special vulnerability status for Chingwizi

August 7, 2022 0 Comment

Moses Ziyambi Government has designated the Chingwizi area an exceptionally food insecure place which will get its own dedicated share of aid from the Department of Social Welfare. Speaking at a food distribution event...

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Climate change and food sovereignty: decimation of Mopane increases vulnerability

July 7, 2022 0 Comment

… as charcoal production, privatization of communal land disrupts natural ecology Moses Ziyambi BEITBRIDGE – Sinikiwe Ncube (46) lives with her three children in Mazwi village under Chief Malaba, in Matabeleland South. Her family...

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Climate adaptation: new US support to reach 500 million people

May 4, 2022 0 Comment

Moses Ziyambi The United States Aid for International Development (USAID) will leverage its convening power, global presence and longstanding partnerships to make a greater difference in the fight against climate change including by supporting...

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What climate change does to Zim farmers

March 20, 2022 0 Comment

Sukuoluhle Ndlovu Zimbabwe has not been spared from the effects of global warming which have resulted in episodes of drought coupled with changing rainfall patterns and water levels decreasing. Rains have become so erratic...