Malawi is being denied the chance to fight back against climate change because a staggering 24 percent of the national budget is being swallowed up by debt repayments, campaigners have warned. ActionAid Malawi (AAM) Climate Justice Focal Chairperson Jimmy Chimalizeni made the explosive claim during an aerobics event the organisation jointly staged with fellow NGOs […]
Minister of Natural Resources Patricia Wiskesi says Malawi has registered significant progress in protecting the ozone layer through policy action and compliance with international environmental agreements. Speaking during a press briefing in Lilongwe to commemorate the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, Wiskesi said Malawi has demonstrated its commitment by ratifying the […]
Malawi has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 51 percent by 2040, against a business-as-usual baseline. Achieving this target will require significant investment in practical climate solutions, as well as access to international climate finance. As part of these efforts, BURN, a leading African clean cooking company and the continent’s largest distributor of clean […]
The government has launched the 2026-2027 National Climate Outlook Forum (Nacof) with a call for early preparedness and action, as Malawi braces for strong El Niño conditions in the coming season. Minister of Natural Resources Patricia Wiskes made the call in Lilongwe during the launch of the 5th National Climate Outlook, describing the forum as […]
Malawi needs to sharpen its focus on the connections between climate change, human rights and environmental protection, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has said, warning that vulnerable communities continue to shoulder the worst effects of the climate crisis. Speaking at a joint UNDP and Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) media engagement on environmental and […]
Environmental sector stakeholders in Malawi have called on authorities and development partners to increase efforts to mobilise climate financing and sustainability programmes aimed at strengthening communities’ resilience to climate change. Speaking at a workshop on climate justice organised by the NCA-DCA Malawi Joint Country Programme, Alfred Kambwiri of the Centre for Environmental Policy and Advocacy […]
ActionAid Malawi has called on journalists to play a stronger role in pushing the Fund Our Future Climate Justice Campaign, arguing that media collaboration is essential if Malawi is to build momentum behind climate justice. Speaking at a media orientation workshop in Mponela, ActionAid Malawi executive director Yandura Chipeta said the session was designed to […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has urged African countries to forge a unity of purpose and co-operate in the fight against climate change vices. The Malawi leader, addressing a heads of state and government summit on the African Union Peace and Security Council, appealed to all countries in the continent to stand together in promoting climate change […]
Climate change young leaders–operating under the Malawi Scotland Partnership (MaSP) climate change programme–donated three huge waste bins to Mponela market in Dowa District. They also helped with sweeping in the market, removing the dirt out of it. The climate change young leaders–drawn from Dowa, Lilongwe, Kasungu and Salima–were accompanied by other youths in their day […]
The Malawi Scotland Partnership (MaSP), in collaboration with the 2050 Climate Group from Scotland, launched a theme song as part of their climate change awareness and advocacy campaign for their Malawi Young Leaders’ Climate Change Project. The song, in audio and video, is titled Nyengo Isasinthe (Let’s stop climate change) and features renowned musician Joe […]
A community initiative aimed at building long term resilience to challenges brought by climate change has embarked on catchment restoration to provide ground cover around Linthipe catchment area on the outskirts of Lilongwe district. Residents hope the exercise supported by the National Local Government Finance Committee (NLGFC)’s Climate Smart Enhanced Public Works Program (EPWP) will […]
Climate change young leaders–operating under the Malawi Scotland Partnership climate change programme–have demanded that their voice must be held at the forthcoming 26th United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). The climate change young leaders said this in the Capital Lilongwe when the Ministry of Forestry and Natural Resources–which is the focal […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has expressed his administration’s commitment to step up efforts aimed at combating climate change and its effects on communities, announcing that government will launch a National Clean-up Day to ensure the country has sustainable environment management and waste disposal systems. Chakwera, who won a historic victory over Peter Mutharika in June, said […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa on Saturday officially launched a ‘Village Forest Project’ in his Mulanje Central constituency. Under the project, Nankhumwa and his constituents envisage to have a sizeable forest in each village as a way of averting the negative effects of deforestation. He planted two trees at Nankhumwa and […]
Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) Malawi through its 400 primary school program has so far planted 30 000 trees in 75 primary schools in the fight against global warming and climate change that has taken a heavy toll in the country. DAPP 400 primary school program coordinator, Jimmy Brian Kayange said the program […]
President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday launched the 2019/20 National Forestry Season at an event that took place in mountainous Mulanje district with a call for Malawians to support the government in in environmental conservation by planting trees and managing forests as one way to fight impacts of Climate Change. Mutharika said global warming and climate […]
In November 2016, I was part of 178 journalists drawn from across the world to cover the United Nations Climate Change Summit—popularly known as Conference of Parties (COP)—in the city of Marrakesh, Morocco. The goal of the conference—called COP 22—was for nations to develop national programmes that will help the world to bring down the […]
President Peter Mutharika has expressed optimism that devastating impacts of climate change can be reversed by following control measures put in place. Mutharika made the remarks on Tuesday on his arrival at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe from this year’s 25th Session of the Conference of Parties (CoP 25) to the United Nations Framework Convention […]