Policies must promote climate change adaptation, mitigation

Good Hope Senior Secondary School: Experts argue that rain water harvesting is one of the options that the nation should adopt
Good Hope Senior Secondary School: Experts argue that rain water harvesting is one of the options that the nation should adopt

Relevant policies and tax incentives to make water harvesting compulsory have been identified as measures that can help the country adapt to dry weather conditions.

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.

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