Malawi Environmental Groups Urge Increased Climate Financing

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 said implementation partners working on environmental sustainability should prioritise empowering vulnerable communities to participate in climate resilience efforts. He said communities should not only benefit from climate interventions, but should also be equipped with the knowledge, resources and capacity to develop and implement their own solutions. NCA-DCA Malawi's Tadala Chumachiyenda said climate financing was particularly significant for countries such as Malawi that remain highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, adding that the success of many interventions depended on adequate and accessible funding. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines She said raising public awareness was essential to ensuring communities understood how climate finance was generated, allocated and used, as well as their role in holding institutions accountable. Tarcizio Kalaundi of Trocaire Malawi said the country had made some progress in unlocking climate financing and strengthening accountability mechanisms, but said more cooperation with international partners was needed to ensure funding reached communities equitably. The workshop brought together representatives from the Department of Environmental Affairs, faith communities, the private sector and the media to discuss shared priorities around climate preparedness and justice. Participants called for greater transparency, accountability and community participation in the management of climate resources, saying these measures were necessary to ensure climate financing delivered meaningful benefits to those most affected by climate change in Malawi. Read the original article on Nyasa Times . AllAfrica publishes around 600 reports a day from more than 90 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals , representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica . To address comments or complaints, please Contact us . AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 600 news and information items daily from over 90 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public. We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington DC. Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox By submitting above, you agree to our privacy policy . We need to confirm your email address. To complete the process, please follow the instructions in the email we just sent you. There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.