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.
Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, Earth Sciences and Environment at the University of Malawi Dr. Mirriam Joshua says despite the existence of...
Despite having so many policies and international treaties relating to climate change, Malawi has been hit so hard by multiple climatic shocks from 2015...
Despite the availability of clean and renewable energy sources which do not contribute to environmental degradation and climate change, the country’s pace of adoption...
Communities at Lumbe Village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Chekucheku in Neno District have hailed the Climate Smart Enhanced Public Works Programme (CS-EPWP) for bringing into glory Ndiliswa Forest Reserve which was degraded by human activities.
The Malawi Council of Churches (MCC) has equivocally come in full support of environment groups and experts that have called upon the judiciary, and...