Climate-Related Activities Within The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region

摘要

Over the last century, SADC has suffered from dramaticinterannual fluctuations in climate leading to severe droughts,increased occurrence of floods or disturbances in marine orterrestrial ecosystems. Such variability of climate affects theagriculture, water reserves, fisheries and hence the GrossNational Product. It has a particularly detrimental effect on ruralsubsistence farmers and fishermen, human health, particularlythe rural community, and the management of a sustainablenatural environment. Such natural hardships hamper theaccomplishment of the Millennium Development Goals definedat the Johannesburg Millennium Summit in September 2000.The Millennium Development Goals are quantified targets foraddressing extreme poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequateshelter, and exclusion while promoting gender equality,education, and environmental sustainability.