Update: Malawi's high-level delegation to Ghana, led by Minister of Natural Resources Patricia Wiskies, is advancing its study of carbon markets and waste management, 360 Mozambique reports. The team is focusing on institutional arrangements and benefit-sharing structures to establish a national carbon market framework under the Paris Agreement, while also examining single-use plastics regulations to support a circular economy.
In other environmental news, unequal land access is directly threatening Malawi's climate future, according to a new report from AfricaBrief. The publication details how weak land security for women and poorer families is accelerating environmental degradation. The lack of equitable land rights creates barriers to climate-adapted agriculture and soil conservation, worsening deforestation and leaving vulnerable communities less equipped to handle natural disasters like floods and droughts.