Technical Specialist (Climate Change and Sustainable Natural Resources Mainstreaming
The majority of the population in Malawi depends on natural resources for subsistence and income. Thus, unsustainable use of these resources will make it harder to achieve food security, poverty reduction and other national development priorities. Consistent with this, the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS), the overarching national planning document of the Government of Malawi (GoM), includes ‘Conservation of the Natural Resource Base’ under Theme 1: Sustainable Economic Growth. Furthermore, in 2009, GoM included “Climate Change, Natural Resources and Environmental Management” as Key Priority Area KPA) in a revised MGDS. Under the present United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), the UN aims to enhance the contribution of the sustainable management of natural resources to poverty reduction, sustainable economic growth, food security and broader achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, as spearheaded by the UNDP-UNEP Poverty Environment Initiative (PEI). While issues such as land degradation have existed for some time, more recently the increasing likelihood of the negative impacts of climate change on development priorities such as food security, poverty reduction and national development priorities has become apparent. For example, climate change is likely to increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather events. It is therefore necessary that responses to the degradation of natural resources and other threats, that could be further aggravated by climate change, are integrated into relevant Government of Malawi projects, programmes and policies. It is equally important that these threats are responded to in a coordinated cross-government and cost-effective manner. The government has taken steps to put in place such a coordinated response, namely by setting up a Steering Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change (chaired by the Principal Secretary of Development Planning and Cooperation – DPC), Technical Committees on Climate Change (chaired by the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services – DCCMS) and Poverty – Environment (chaired by DPC), as well as a Sector Working Group (SWG) on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change (chaired by the Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment - MNREE). The government also established a Government – Development Partner Working Group on Climate Change, co-chaired by the PS for DPC and the UN Resident Coordinator. The UN support these efforts, in particular through the PEI and the National Climate Change Programme (CCP), both coordinated by the UNDP Country Office, with further support from the UNDP-UNEP PEI Africa Program in Nairobi. Several activities are implemented under these programme by diverse government stakeholders, including MNREE, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA), Ministry of Finance, etc.
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Technical Specialist (Climate Change and Sustainable Natural Resources Mainstreaming
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