Zambia To Benefit From £100m Fund To Combat Climate Change

British High Commissioner to Zambia, Nicholas Woolley, has outlined that the country is set to benefit from a £100 million fund which has been put together to help protect some of the most biodiverse landscapes in the world.

Minister Woolley said that the fund was set to be split between six environmentally critical landscapes across the globe in a bid to tackle biodiversity loss and tackle climate change.

Here, the fund will be utilised to protect the KAZA Transfrontier border, of which 25 per cent sits in Zambia.

“The landscapes selected are each home to rare and endangered species, including elephants and rhinos in Kavango-Zambezi Conservation Area (KAZA),” Woolley outlined.

The fund will be warmly received by President Hichilema who already outlined his plans to reduce the impact of climate change when speaking at the UN General Assembly earlier this month.

High Commissioner Woolley further disclosed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson invited President Hichilema to Glasgow for the upcoming COP26 UN climate change summit later this year.