Policies must promote climate change adaptation, mitigation

Attendants of last week’s seminar on climate change, held at the University of Botswana (UB)said because Botswana was inherently semi-arid, adaptation was not a new phenomenon, just that policies were not stringent enough to promote the practice.

One participant said it was time government ensured that council departments tasked with approving building plans did so on condition that water harvesting tanks were a component of the plan.