Zambia Launches 2020 Human Development Report
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Lusaka, 5th March 2021 – The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest crisis facing the world, but unless humans release their grip on nature, it won’t be the last, according to a new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which includes a new experimental index on human progress that takes into account countries’ carbon dioxide emissions and material footprint.
The Report, which was virtually launched in Zambia today, lays out a stark choice for countries to take urgent and bold steps to reduce the immense pressure that is being exerted on the environment and the natural world, or humanity’s progress will stall. The report argues that we are in an unprecedented moment in the history of our planet, that scientists term “Anthropocene,” a new geological epoch: the age of humans. For the first time in our long 300,000-year relationship, instead of the planet shaping humans, human activity is shaping the plane
Breaking the cycle of poor harvests
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With GCF-funding, Farmer Field Schools are helping farming communities in Zambia become better equipped with knowledge & capacity to adapt & turn climate risks into climate resilience.
For years, Kennedy Chilepa struggled to eke out a living growing maize and cowpeas on his farm in Zambia’s Mambwe District, where crop yields often take a big hit due to severe dry spells and floods, jeopardizing food security.
Chilepa and many small-scale farmers in the country’s east had long relied on traditional farming methods to manage their crops. But such traditional know-how has become increasingly unreliable and are no longer sufficient to cope with a changing climate.
Published: 24 January 2021
PHILIPSBURG: - The Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunset welcomed eight professionals as its newest members on January 11th, 2021. Joining Rotary Sunset are Suenah Laville Martis, Lucrecia Lake, Fabiana Richardson, Sydonna Watts, Sabrina Vrutaal, Shanyca Colastica, Tivona Trotman, and Gabriel Flanders Hyman Jr who were sworn in by President of Rotary Sunset Elisia Lake during the club’s general meeting.
- Suenah Laville Martis is a Secretary-General employed by the Government of Sint Maarten in the Committee of Civil Servants Unions.
- Lucrecia Lake is an Administrator employed by the Government of Sint Maarten in the Department of Compatibility/Financial Administration/Accounting Department.
The Ministry of National Development planning today launched Zambia’s first-ever Voluntary National Review (VNR) report on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) since their adoption five years ago.
The Minister of National Development Planning Honourable Alexander Chiteme explained that after the adoption of the SDGs in 2015, member countries of the United Nations were encouraged to undertake periodic voluntary national reviews of their implementation of SDGs.
Mr. Chiteme was speaking through the Ministry’s permanent Secretary in charge of Development Cooperation, Monitoring and Evaluation Mr. Danies Chisenda who launched the VNR Report on his behalf in Lusaka.
Mr. Chiteme said the review is aimed at assessing progress as well as identifying key challenges in the implementation of the global agenda. He said Zambia’s review of its SDGs implementation, which have been mainstreamed in the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP), is a validation of the level of commitment to ach