Minister of Natural Resources and Climate Change, Owen Chomanika, has stressed that the country requires an accelerated action to make a meaningful impact in the fight against climate change.
Chomanika disclosed this during the Post Conference of Partied (COP) 29 Climate Change Symposium in Lilongwe.
“We have talked too much about climate change which has ravaged the country’s infrastructure. Malawi has been attending COP meetings since 1995 but such have not been yielding a lot of results,” Chomanika said.
He therefore said the symposium will also provide an opportunity for Malawi to find tangible ways on how the country can get part of $300 million other countries pledged to assist least developed countries at COP 29.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Resident, Fenella Frost, suggested that Malawi should expand private partnerships in fighting climate change and increase local resource mobilisation.
Frost said amidst the global economic crisis and geopolitics countries can take these challenges into opportunities by innovating ideas for more climate change investments.
British High Commissioner to Malawi, Fiona Ritchie, pointed out that UK is supporting the country through clean energy initiatives to help curb effects of climate change.
The symposium’s participants are expected to come up with advocacy priorities, conference report of action and roadmap for Malawi as the country prepares for the COP 30 which will take place in Brazil this year.
