Climate change resilience calls for private sector commitment
The private sector has a significant role to play in curbing climate change.
The private sector has a significant role to play in curbing climate change.
Shifting cultivation has generally been subject to policies that are geared toward eradicating the system altogether, whether by banning the practice or inducing farmers to take up alternative employment.
According to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), 60% of the world's population will reside in urban areas by the year 2025. The urban hinterlands or periurban areas are also expected to experience considerable growth.
Bangladesh is a signatory to the World Health Organization's global health treaty on tobacco control, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). The FCTC is the world's first public health treaty.
Tobacco is the mainstay of the economy of Malawi, accounting for over 70% of export earnings. Of the 100 000 members of the National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi (NASFAM), 60% rely on tobacco for their sole source of income.
Most of Kenya's tobacco production takes place in the South Nyanza region, where the land under tobacco cultivation has increased rapidly and often at the expense of traditional food crops and livestock activities.
In an attempt to block policies aimed at reducing the demand for tobacco products, tobacco companies claim that such policies will have a negative impact on employment and the economy in tobacco-producing countries.
Bangladesh is one of the many countries that has not only signed but also ratified the world's first public health treaty, the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).