Africa-Press – Angola. At least 140,000 people from the cross-border region of Cuando Cubango (South Angola) and Okavango (Northern Namibia) will benefit from a project aimed at increasing the adaptive capacity and resilience of communities vulnerable to environmental impacts and variety of climate change. , announced this Tuesday (15), in Luanda, the minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment.
Speaking at the launch ceremony of the project, called “Strengthening Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change in Communities in Southeast Africa Affected by Drought” (ADSWAC), Filipe Zau said that the initiative is part of the national climate action strategy.
“The main objective is to strengthen the resilience of the populations of one of the regions most visibly affected by the effects of climate change in the national territory, as well as the North of the Republic of Namibia”, stressed the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment.
Funded by the Adaptation Fund and implemented by the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS), the project is a partnership between People to People Development Aid (ADPP) and People to People Development Aid (DAPP) of Namibia.
The ADSWAC project aims to strengthen local and national capacities to reduce the risks associated with climate change, build organizational and technical capacity for climate-resilient production and improve the food security of communities.
According to the minister, ADPP has shown, over more than three decades of service for the development of Angola, to be the right partner in the creation of projects for the benefit of the communities.
“At the end of five years of execution, it is expected that the project will contribute to increasing awareness and ownership of the adaptation processes and reduction of climate risk by the populations”, highlighted the minister.
The chairman of the ADPP Board of Directors in Angola, Rikke Viholm, said that climate adaptation is urgent, and action must be based on the capacities of people living with the effects of climate change.
“We will work with the younger generations in local schools and from the Climate Change Adaptation Centers to build knowledge and understanding about protecting the planet, implementing actions in order to face the challenges of today and tomorrow”, highlighted the official. of ADPP.
Rikke Viholm emphasized that climate change has no borders and the response must also be borderless.
The project will involve 160 local producer organizations and an equal number of water user associations in border communities between the two neighboring countries.
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