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Delayed regulations stall full implementation of Malawi’s disaster risk law

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.

Malawian communities struggle with NELD, stakeholders call for urgent support

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 call for gender-sensitive climate disaster insurance

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.

CSOs faulted for promoting gender-blind disaster risk financing

The civil society in Malawi has been involved in Climate Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (CDRFI) advocacy since...

Government resumes implementation of thin plastics ban

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate change, in collaboration with the Malawi Environment Protection Authority (MEPA), has...

CSOs in Malawi call for a Child and Youth-Centred COP28

Civil society organizations (CSOs) advancing rights of the youth and children have called upon the Government of Malawi to come up with deliberate mechanisms that would enable children and the youth to assume a leading role in interventions aimed at mitigating effects of climate change.

Commonwealth envoy impressed with progress in climate change initiative in Malawi

The Malawi High Commission to the United Kingdom says it is impressed with the progress made in the implementation of the ‘Enhancing Access and Participation in Climate Change Policy Development and Implementation Project’ that Civil Society Network on Climate Change (CISONECC) is implementing in collaboration with DAPP Malawi.

REIAMA celebrates performers in renewable energy

Renewable Energy Industries Association of Malawi (REIAMA) through Mphamvu Awards on Thursday night celebrated players who performed well in renewable energy.

265 Energy Limited achieves 50% gas use penetration in LL, ZA

Malawi’s leading supplier of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and its accessories – 265 Energy Limited – has disclosed that it has achieved a 50 percent mark in its campaign to mobilize residents of Lilongwe and Zomba to switch to cleaner cooking technologies.

CISONECC recommends pre-climate change impacts preparedness

Daud posing with Dr. Richard Hart, President of Loma Linda University Health and Adventist Health International and Dr. Priester, a cardiologist at Loma Linda Institute

TRANSFORM Project rekindles hope for sustained environment in Mzimba

As one way of conserving the environment, Total Land Care (TLC) is mobilizing communities to mould energy saving cooking stoves in Sabili Ng'oma village in the area of Traditional authority (T/A) Mabulabo in Mzimba district.