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BirdLife Zimbabwe leads national wetland drive as country prepares to host COP15

Climate Newsroom1 month ago1 month ago013 mins

BirdLife Zimbabwe is ramping up efforts to stem the rapid degradation of the country’s vital wetlands, threatened by urban sprawl, unsustainable development, as the nation prepares to host a major global conservation summit. The conservation organisation is leading the push with government, communities, local authorities, and schools to raise awareness and implement practical solutions aimed…

With climate change intensifying, a new generation is mobilising to tackle its long-term impacts, focusing increasingly on wetlands for climate mitigation

Climate Newsroom2 months ago2 months ago110 mins

Global warming, and its effect on climate, is one the most pressing issues facing the world today. Despite much already having been written on the urgency with which we must reduce greenhouse gas emissions, pull carbon out of the air, and redesign our social-environmental systems towards new ways of doing business, most decision makers, from…