Zim bolsters climate change fight
ZIMBABWE yesterday boosted its fight against climate change through the launch of its adaptation communication, to cope with the adverse effects of climate change, on the margins of COP 27.
Launched by Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu at the Zimbabwe Pavilion at the ongoing COP27 in Egypt, the adaptation communication is expected to bolster the country’s mobilisation of funding from international climate finance facilities.
The process towards development of the adaptation communication started in 2019.
The adaptation communication is an important part of the architecture for achieving the mitigation and adaptation goals of the Paris Agreement, and mobilising sufficient finance flows for climate resilient development for countries.
It is estimated that the global funding gap is US$1 034 861 763 a year.
The adaptation plan forms part of Zimbabwe’s contribution to the global stocktake on issues relating to climate change vulnerability and adaption issues. Among other issues, the adaptation communication was developed to share key messages on adaptation in Zimbabwe, with the international community, profile the country’s need for climate finance for adaptation, and support the need for climate change adaptation action in Zimbabwe.
The adaptation communication, whose process was initiated in 2019, is voluntary, flexible and country driven, and therefore should not place a burden on Zimbabwe.
It draws mainly from the National Climate Policy of 2017, Zimbabwe’s Global Climate Finance Country Programme for 2020-2024, and the National Development Strategy 1 for 2021-2025.
The adaptation communication contributes to Zimbabwe’s vision of developing on a low carbon and resilient trajectory.
In his address, Minister Ndlovu said since Zimbabwe was party to the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement, developed its initial adaptation communication as part of the transparency framework.