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.
One hundred Lead Farmers from over 20 village clusters under Traditional Authority Msakambewa in Dowa have been trained in climate-smart agriculture to help them make informed, climate-sensitive farming decisions and adapt to the effects of climate change.
Save the Children International (SCI) on Saturday distributed solar-powered cooking stoves to 50 households surrounding Dzalanyama Forest Reserve in a drive to mitigate deforestation and environmental degradation.
A recent study by the MwAPATA Institute has highlighted significant inefficiencies in Malawi's forest plantation fee structure, leaving the country trailing behind regional counterparts such as Kenya, Zambia, and Tanzania.
In 2019, the Malawi Government through the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) developed a five year Disaster Risk Financing Strategy (DRFS) to assist...
Environment activists have urged Malawi Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) to create more awareness on dangers of illegal sand mining, highlighting that there are increased cases of illegal sandy mining in the cities across the country as people have insufficient information about the dangers of such practice.