Transcript Climate change and ecosystem health in Southern Africa

Title
Climate change and ecosystem health in Southern
Africa: Effects, vulnerability and coping mechanisms
Leonard Mboera (Chair)
Peter Furu
Jackson Msafiri
Donald Chimanikire
Benjamin Mayala
Krasposy Kujinga
Steady Mushayabasa
Ole Fryd
Allen Garimo
Tsitsi Mukaratirwa
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Problem Analysis
Disaster
Environmental
degradation
Poor Yield
(floods, Landslides)
Lack of access
to Agr. inputs
Poor harvest &
storage capacity
Air, Water &
Soil Quality
Water Scarcity
Food Security
factors
Poor crop
pricing
Environmental
factors
Animal
Diseases
REDUCED LIVELIHOODS
AND
ECOSYSTEM
HEALTH (WITHIN THE
CONTEXT OF CLIMATE
CHANGE)
Change of determinants
of Non-Communicable
Diseases
Gender
imbalances
Health factors
Change of determinants of
Communicable Diseases
Socio-economic
factors
Governance
factors
Poor
governance
Poor health systems
and capacity
Economic
decline
Social Conflict
Negative cultural
practice
Illiteracy
Poverty
Problem statement
• Poor food yield from agriculture, increased
disease patterns, and destruction of ecological
systems as a result of climate change have
continued unabated in Southern Africa
General objective
• To enhance the knowledge base on effects of climate
change on ecosystem health with a view to reduce
vulnerability and improve livelihoods in southern
Africa.
Specific Objectives
• To establish the cause-effect relationships between
climate change and selected environmental and socioeconomic determinants of health.
• To identify vulnerable communities and the current
coping mechanisms in geographical areas prone to
climate change.
• To establish the preparedness of national and regional
authorities for appropriate climate change adaptation
and mitigation.
Way Forward
5 page concept note required .
Step 1: Draft 1 from Msafiri, Ole and Furu to be
circulated to group members by 1st October for
additional input.
Step2: Members’ comments by 15th October
Step 3: Draft 2 by 1st November.
Step 4: Concept note by 15th November
Mode of work
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Intranet facility of SACCNet website
Email correspondence
Internal &external meetings
Skype
Adobe Connect