As Malawi approaches the next disaster season, the effectiveness of its legal tools to manage and reduce risks hangs in the balance, awaiting the political will to turn policy into protection.
Stakeholders have validated a new study revealing that communities across Malawi are facing deep, often overlooked, non-economic losses and damages (NELD), including psychological trauma, cultural heritage destruction, and forced displacement, as a result of climate change.
Stakeholders in the Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI) have called for more inclusive policies to protect vulnerable groups, particularly women, persons with disabilities, and rural communities, from the devastating impacts of climate disasters.
The post 28 Conference of Parties (COP28) reflection session held in Malawi has recognized knowledge sharing, coordination and development and implementation of action plans as some of the measures that need to be embraced if the country is to succeed in fight against climate change and its impacts.
Civil Society Network of Climate Change (CISONECC), in collaboration with its partners, has successfully concluded a two-day District Training on Monitoring & Evaluation and Sustainable Natural Resources Management in Machinga district.
Machinga Police Officer In-Charge, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police, Jane Mandala and officers from the station on Friday carried out a cleanup exercise of the police Station and market center as a way of joining hands with other stakeholders in the district to make Machinga a better place to live.
The Mchinji District Commissioner, Lucia Chidalengwa has urged people to take care of the environment especially in areas where they are doing businesses to mitigate the spread of diseases that spread due to uncleanness.
Malawi's climate justice advocates are lauding a significant stride forward in addressing the repercussions of climate change on the world's most vulnerable nations following the operationalization of Loss and Damage Fund at COP28.
Child-centred civil society organizations (CSOs) have commended President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera for taking to the 27th Conference of Parties (CoP) resolutions children and young people made at their pre-COP summit in October last year.