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Title: Malawi: Climate change deal with UNDP
Author: Chancy Namadzunda, Lilongwe
Category: Ecology
Date: 4/15/2010
Source: Africa News
Source Website: www.africanews.com <http://www.africafiles.org/database/www.africanews.com>
African Charter Article# 24: All peoples shall have the right to a general satisfactory environment favorable to their development.
Summary & Comment: Malawi and partners are initiating a $4.2 million program that aims at developing a national framework for managing climate change. AB
Malawi, UNDP sign $4.2m climate change deal
http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_UNDP_sign_42m_climate_change_deal/list_messages/31366
Malawi and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a formulation phase project document for managing climate change in the country to be implemented to a tune of $4.2 million. The project will be co-financed by Norway, Spain and the Department for International Development (DFID). The formulation phase project is aimed at enhancing coordination between government and its developing partners in developing a national framework for responding to challenges climate change poses to Malawi‚s economic development and food security.
Speaking during a signing ceremony in Lilongwe, Malawi‚s Minister of Development Planning and Cooperation Abbie Shawa said government is aware of developmental challenges that climate change poses to Malawi, hence the project. He cited persistent droughts, flooding, and erratic rain patterns as most effects of climate change which are phenomenal and widespread in the country. „This project aims at developing a national framework for managing climate change in this country. The government appreciated that sustainable natural resources and environment management provides an important foundation for supporting economic growth and development hence the inclusion of climate change as one of the key priority areas of the development agenda,‰ said Shawa
UNDP resident representative to Malawi Richard Dictus said the formulation phase of the project will put in place an appropriate framework for Malawi to deal with the future climate change risks. „The national economic development need to be climate change proofed for Malawi to continue to grow and prosper. There is need to climate change proof land utilization, hybrid seed that is drought resistant and upscale to levels that can be managed,‰ he said. He said after the Copenhagen Summit in November last year, there have been considerable amounts of funding promised and Malawi would benefit if a robust framework is in place.
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