UN Resident Coordinator Beatrice Muthali says the number of people facing acute food insecurities in Zambia has risen to 2 million. And Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu says there is a growing call for education to enable individuals acquire knowledge and capacity to mitigate climate change. Speaking during the launch of the Facility for Action for Climate Change Empowerment to achieve the Nationally Determined contribution (FACE- NDC), Wednesday, Muthali, who was represented by Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Country Representative Suze Filipini, said nearly half of the population was unable to meet their minimum caloric intake requirements because of the impacts of climate change. “The number of people facing acute food insecurity has risen to around 2 million...

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