Abstract
The adoption of the Zimbabwean Constitution (Amendment No. 20) in 2013 availed a great opportunity for the country to start on a new slate. The Constitution contains a repertoire of critical aspects of development including environmental rights, governance, and related aspects. In the labyrinth and maze of issues of the constitution, climate change management and a developmental challenge are implied including its funding. The chapter examines how climate change could and should be part of the agenda of the devolution and transformative agenda that the government has been trying to push for since 2018 when President Emmerson Mnangagwa came into power. Zimbabwe’s socioeconomic development is reliant on God-given resources. The effects of climate change happen and impact the livelihood of communities such as flooding of fields, damaging roads, drought, poor waste management, and human-wildlife conflicts. Accordingly, devolution is crucial to unlocking the potential of local government to contain the effects of climate change. The chapter engages literature and document analysis to examine the constructs around the debate. It crystallizes some of the matters through case studies to provide an in-depth analysis of how local-level initiatives are manifesting.
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Zinyama, T., Kuwa, O., Chirisa, I. (2021). Driving Climate Change into the Devolution and Transformation Agenda: Some Insights from Zimbabwe. In: Luetz, J.M., Ayal, D. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57281-5_289
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