Spotlighting Climate, Gender, and Peace at Zimbabwe's 2nd Climate Change and Development Conference

Nov 21, 2024 | Ibukun Taiwo
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At the 2nd Climate Change and Development Conference in Zimbabwe, the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security Team led two panels, one on climate, gender, and inclusivity and another on climate, peace, and security in Zimbabwe. 

Officials from various government ministries in Zimbabwe, academia, development partners, and civil society organisations gathered in Harare in October 2024 for the 2nd Climate Change and Development Conference under the Building Resilience, Securing the Future theme. This conference, co–organised by the Ministry of Environment, Climate, and Wildlife, the University of Zimbabwe’s Environment, Climate, and Sustainable Development Institute, NDC Partnership, the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), UNDP, UNICEF, and Africa Carbon Markets Forum (ACMF) was an iteration of the successful inaugural Climate Change and Development Conference in 2023. The conference aimed to help Zimbabwe craft a sustainable path to socioeconomic development in the face of climate change and its adverse effects.