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Malawi tips countries to promote green economy

Daudi: All of us in the SADC region need to work together in implementing green economy
Daudi: All of us in the SADC region need to work together in implementing green economy

Malawi’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Management Halima Daudi has asked southern African countries to promote green economy investments that should be catalysed and supported by targeted expenditure and policy reforms.

Daudi made the remarks in the capital, Lilongwe today when she officially opened the three-day 31st conference for Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa (EEASA).

The Malawi Environmental Endowment Trust (MEET) make is the main sponsor of the conference. MEET supported with K7.5 million (about $18 750).

The conference is being held under the theme: Green Economy: Insights and Perspectives for Environmental Education in Southern Africa. Green economy is a kind of development that results in improved human well-being and social equity while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities.

“All of us in the SADC region need to work together in implementing green economy through our national development strategies. This will enable us to attain improved human well-being social equity.

“We need to promote and adopt low-carbon, climate resilience, resource efficient, and socially inclusive growth and development strategies,” said Daudi.

Dr Justin Lupele, President of EEASA stated that the organisation has supported the growth of environmental education from relatively simple understandings of people-environment relationships to a sophisticated interpretation of humanity’s interaction with all faces of the environment.

“I am happy to report that EEASA has had influence on the local and global deliberations around environmental education and education for sustainable development,” said Lupele.

He added that EEASA is now championing the integration of green economy in respective southern African countries and the regional development plan.

“Green economy presents opportunities for investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency, green agriculture, carbon markets, and adaptation that leads to job creation and growth,” he said.

Professor Sosten Chiotha, regional program director for Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD)-Southern Africa in his key note address said many Malawians are not aware of the green economy concept despite several consultative meetings.

He observed that green economy will struggle in the absence of participation by people as citizens and consumers.

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  1. A poignant opportunity to reflect on TLC Green Company launched by TLC. See The Nation 11 September 2013, page 29. Cheers!!

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