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by \| 30-11-2014 11:25 0
Zambia is acurately vulnerable to climate change and it is ranked 141st on the human development index. Zambia's CO2 emissions are 0.2 tonnes per capita. while the global average is 4.9 tonnes per capita and I think thats awfully close but the main question here is could this be the reason why it aint pouring yet. You see, In Zambia rainy season usually starts in october it only delays by a couple of weeks then it starts but here right now as i write today is the last day of November it still hasnt started raining and its HOTTT!!! like its never been..its overwhelming. This is a cause for concern, evident cases of climate change like this calls for action bold and swift an though results wont come instantly atleast we will be safe that future generations will actually have a future. Let me give you some history, in 1992 some countries in Southern Africa including Zambia experienced a devastating drought which shrunk the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of many nations. This drought, which brought misery saw many farmers lose herds of cattle while other people battled with critical water and food shortages. In some parts of Zambia, the drought caused distraction and anguish among communities with the most affected being small-scale farmers, herders and fishermen. Kalomo, Choma, Gwembe, and Sinazongwe in Southern Province, were among districts where many families starved and resorted to eating a wild grass known as Impuka in Tonga, commonly found in valley areas. However, thanks to the World Food Programme (WFP) for assisting Zambia with yellow-maize firmly distributed to hunger-stricken areas through the food for work programme. This, shocking and memorable drought, is said to be one of the most severe impacts of climate change in Zambia. The unrelenting effects, which include droughts and floods, have increased in frequency over the past 30 years, costing the country an estimated 0.4 per cent in annual economic growth. Climate change, if not addressed well in advance, its impact would continue to wane the resilience of people?s living standards and the global environmental integrity. Climate change is a development issue and development is about people because its effects impinge on facets of community lives like food, shelter and water required for human development. The impact of climate change manifest themselves in form of floods, droughts, frosts and rain-storms which invariably have severe disruptive effects on humans. Zambia, a developing nation in the Sub-Saharan region, with a population of about 13 million people, like other countries has not been spared by adverse impacts of climate change.Affected areas are the rural population along Kafue sub-basin covering Southern, Lusaka and Central provinces are the most vulnerable areas to regular floods and droughts, the country experiences. Despite Zambia?s rapid economic growth, the overall poverty levels remains high in rural areas averaging about 74 per cent in 2010 mainly in isolated districts along Kafue sub-basin. The Kafue sub-basin, records extreme floods and droughts with pollution and deforestation annually resulting into some rural farmers yielding low crop harvest and experience hunger. Without adaptation, climate change variability can keep an additional 300,000 people poor over the next decade hence it becomes a big deal. This also becomes alittle frustrating but this is where they say, "when the going gets tough get tougher". The planet will be back on course soon we are many championing this, working in unison that the audacity of hope.

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