THE Local Government for Sustainability Africa in partnership with the Bulawayo City Council are holding a three-day project inception workshop aimed at improving local authorities’ understanding of climate change risks and how they are associated with flooding and drought.
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The project will also enhance local authorities’ capacity to apply climate change knowledge for strengthened water resilience and security.
“I am pleased that this initiative comes at a time when the city is waiting for the rains and preaching the gospel of saving water to local residents,” said Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo.
Moyo added that the issue of climate change and drought must be taken seriously and called for people to be educated about it for the betterment of the community.
The Local Government Sustainability Africa is the world’s leading association of cities and local governments dedicated to sustainable development.
Its key environmental work streams within the energy and climate change, disaster risk reduction, water and sanitation, urban biodiversity and integrated urban planning.
The workshop will review current water management for local authorities and will also identify climate risks and variables considered to be exerting pressure on water management in the context of water sanitation.
