Sadc calls for climate-resilient energy strategies

THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) says the low water levels at Kariba and Cahora Bassa dams due to low rainfall underscores the urgent need for climate-resilient energy strategies.

In its latest Agromet update, the regional bloc said there was need to enhance water resource management to safeguard regional energy and food security under increasing climate variability.

This comes at a time when Zimbabwe is experiencing crippling power cuts, with some areas going for several hours without electricity as a result of antiquated power stations, an El Niño-induced drought and a myriad of other challenges afflicting the investment-starved southern African nation.

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