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Dialogue with Senior Policy Makers on Climate Change Results of a Miombo AIACC Meeting with Policy Makers George Mkondiwa Principal Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs • Brief introduction of workshop • Issues – Challenges • Floods, droughts, landslides, erratic rains etc • Accessibility of information to the majority of our people (outreach) – Approach/Response • Environmental Management Act 1996 • Institutional arrangement: CC office (academia, govt officers and private sector) • Promoting projects to address climate change Development and Climate Change • How can this be done? – Dialogues with different stakeholder groups – Revision of PRSP, EA and other environmental laws to reflect climate change: to enable integration of climate change. – Need to develop projects in adaptation to climate change – Introduce climate change in curriculum at all levels – Build human capacity in climate change Issues Raised • High staff turnover at high levels: given; need to consistently debrief and raise awareness with new people before effective participation • Policy issues: Malawi not a significant emitter, but will suffer climate change effects – need continued active participation in convention • Need to document costs, etc of climatic impacts • Project development and execution issues in relation to GEF and its instruments: major barrier for effective participation • Need for a national/local integrated assessment model that is relevant and ‘correct’ for our situation Our view on Mainstreaming • Will mainstream to understand the problem, and design appropriate responses. But it should be clear where funding will come from to implement the responses and interventions • National Policy documents being revised to facilitate climate change considerations in planning • Several other issues that must be mainstreamed as well – poverty, HIV/AIDS, etc Grand Challenge • Primary concern is problem of poverty, in relation to basic needs • After alleviating the poverty, the other problems can be addressed