Maybe in 2020 a new binding agreement will be signed. Yes, 2020? According to Climate Justice Now, this constitutes a crime against humanity. It seems as if those governments who are the most responsible for the climate crisis have given up any consideration for the people who have become victims of the crisis, those who
Wisdom Mdzungairi
Wisdom MDZUNGAIRI is an award-winning Zimbabwean journalist. He is currently Deputy Editor of NewsDay, Zimbabwe’s only privately-owned daily newspaper, and was formerly environment editor as well as news editor at The Herald, Zimbabwe’s oldest daily newspaper. He also worked for the Zimbabwean Travel, which specializes in travel news, as well as two other national titles, The Sunday Mail and Chronicle. Wisdom was awarded the Silver Jubilee Tourism Media First Achiever (Gold) Award as well as Silver Jubilee Tourism Media Merit National Award for his outstanding contribution in the development of tourism in Zimbabwe, SADC and Africa since 1980. The awards recognized his coverage of environmental, agricultural, mining as well as general news issues. He remains the only journalist to be bestowed such an honour. He holds qualifications in Media Studies, Communications and Journalism and in international journalism, and has attended numerous international training courses on the environmental, tourism and marketing. He has served as a member of the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority National CITES Taskforce Committee since 2001. He also serves as Deputy Secretary-General of the African Network of Environmental Journalists (ANEJ).
Articles written by Wisdom Mdzungairi
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Viewpoint: Are we outgreening our economy?
Africa Climate media fellows
Rio 2012 successes could set the course for an equitable, resource-efficient and low-carbon economy. However, the buy-in for the process has been weak so far, and even the most optimistic assessments warn us not to expect any quantum leaps in commitments to a sustainable future. Even worse, the concept of a “Green Economy” in the
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Zim, Africa mineral resource curse
Africa Climate media fellows
In an era of surging commodity and pe-troleum prices on account of high demand in emerging na-tions like China, Brazil and In-dia which are going through an unprecedented phase in indus-trial expansion, African mineral wherewithal are drawing new interest from major companies around the globe. ey see the continent as the most promising place in
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Viewpoint: Putting climate puzzle together
Africa Climate media fellows
In the run-up to COP 17 last year, largely unbeknownst to the public, rich and poor governments were busy working on the design of the Climate Fund, aimed at mobilising $100 billion a year by 2020 for mitigation and adaptation to climate change. But, do we really need and can we afford a new global
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Facing a dust storm
Africa Climate media fellows
This loss is likely to accelerate as the climate changes. I have chosen to dwell on wildlife in this introductory article for the year because I am aware most people were holidaying in some of the country’s tourism hotspots for game watching among other activities. One can therefore not imagine visiting a wildlife sanctuary and
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2011 — annus horribilis for African elephants
Africa Climate media fellows
This comes at a time Zimbabwe police have arrested 144 poachers this year alone. Poaching of rhino and elephants in Zimbabwe has been on the increase since the advent of the fast-track land resettlement programme. Part of the seized ivory consignments may have originated from Zimbabwe. According to the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, 31