adminAshley Mujoma
CLIMATE change is one of the biggest threats to sustainable development, with developing countries being the most vulnerable.
This is due to their high exposure, increasing severity of climate-induced extremes and low adaptive capacity.
Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister, Mangalisa Ndhlovu, said this in a meeting with the Secretary of State in the Germany Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Stefan Tidow, in Berlin, yesterday.
Minister Ndhlovu said climate change had affected sustainable development in most developing countries, including Zimbabwe.
“Climate change has affected sustainable development in a negative way.
“Zimbabwe has increasingly been affected by several climate-induced disasters such as recurrent droughts, tropical Cyclones and storms, erratic rainfall and a general decline in rainfall amounts.
“This climate change has had a negative impact on water supplies and quality, food and nutrition security, health, hydro-electric power generation, human settlements and biodiversity, tourism and livelihoods, among other key areas of human development, thereby impeding the country’s social and economic development.”
He said Zimbabwe appreciates support from the Germany government towards a low emissions development trajectory, specifically, the Nitric Acid Climate Action Group (NACAG) support to Sable Chemicals Industries on the nitrous oxide abatement technology.
“We appreciate support from Germany towards a low emissions development trajectory.
“The project is under Zimbabwe’s revised NDC and is already being implemented,” he said.
Online Reporter