AT the recently ended COP26 Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, delegates set ambitious but achievable goals if only we are unified and focused on the “net-zero” target by 2050.Zambia is not an island metaphorically speaking.Zambia was represented at the summit at the highest level with President Hakainde Hichilema being in attendance together with his delegation that included the Minster of the recently created Ministry of Green Economy and Environment.The COP26 summit is a platform were Zambia showed its commitment to reducing the effects of climate change.COP which stands for “Conference of the Parties” is indeed an annual summit of the United Nations climate change conference at which member states gather to make crucial decisions regards what needs to be done regarding the existential issue of climate crisis. The conference is in its 26th year hence COP26.At this year’s conference, world leaders promised to end deforestation by 2030 and deforestation as one of the factors contributing […]
COP 26 – Lessons for Zambia
