Martin Endjala The Auditor General’s Office is gearing up to evaluate the financial impact of Namibia’s climate resilience and adaptation strategies as outlined in the Social Development Goals (SDGs), specifically goal 2.3, in the 2024/25 fiscal year. This initiative, part of the newly incorporated Environmental Audit, was announced by the Minister in the Presidency, Christina...
September 20, 2024
Tag: Climate
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Namibia: Climate Change Puts Food Production At Risk
THE Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR) has put several measures in place to ensure the resilience and sustainability of food production in the country as effects of climate change continue to wreak havoc in the sector. Namibia is one of the driest countries in sub-Saharan Africa affected by climate change and variability....
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Climate Change Puts Food Production at Risk – News
…As Govt Implements Measures to Ensure PREPAREDNESS … The government has been promoting climate-smart agriculture techniques to ensure resilience and sustainability of food production in the country. THE Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR) has put several measures in place to ensure the resilience and sustainability of food production in the country as...
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The Most Intelligent Species and Climate Change – Opinion
The change in the earth’s climate does not happen in the blink of an eye; it involves a gradual shift in weather patterns, mostly caused by human activity. Have you ever asked yourself what Mother Earth would look like without Homo sapiens? The planet would probably be healthy, with stable ecosystems. This climate change dilemma...
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Agriculture ministry to implement project that boosts resilience to climate change
WINDHOEK: The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform is planning on implementing a project which is aimed at strengthening Namibian food systems to recover from emergencies and disease-related shocks. The project is being implemented in collaboration with the Japanese Embassy and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from this month until September 2024 through the...
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Raiding Development Funding for Climate
Too many rich-world politicians and climate campaigners forget that much of the world remains mired in poverty and hunger. Yet, rich countries are increasingly replacing their development aid with climate spending. The World Bank, whose primary goal is to help people out of poverty, has now announced it will divert no less than 45% of...
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Understanding Namibia’s climate commitment – The Brief is Namibia’s leading Daily Business, Finance and Economic News publication
The Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015, is a landmark in the global climate change response, where 196 parties have committed to limit global warming well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels. Central to this agreement is the implementation of nationally determined contributions (NDCs), where countries set their own ambitious targets...
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Climate Change Experts Call For Sensitization
Climate change experts have called for increased sensitization of communities on climate change and its effects. The experts, led by Professor Benard Muok, said sensitization was key in addressing climate change effects, adding that the private sector ought to make investments that generate money to address the menace. Professor Muok, a climate change expert, said...
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Open Society Foundations’ Soros Economic Development Fund Commits $25 Million to Allied Climate Partners’ Climate Finance Partnership
New York, Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), the impact investment arm of the Open Society Foundations, is committing $25 million to Allied Climate Partners (ACP)—a new and innovative public-private partnership focused on increasing the number of bankable climate projects in emerging markets and developing economies around the world. ACP aims to address...