Strategic Framework 2024–2036
SACCN's work is organized across 13 interconnected strategic pillars — spanning agrifood systems, ecosystem restoration, climate justice, energy transitions, water governance, community resilience, and cutting-edge research.
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Securing farmers' rights to save, exchange, and own seeds. Building renewable-powered value chains, protecting soil, and advancing agroecology for climate-resilient livelihoods.
Driving integrated, anticipatory climate action addressing ecological, social, economic, and governance dimensions shaping vulnerability and resilience across SADC.
Protecting and restoring ecosystems as foundational infrastructure for resilience — reversing the 2.8 million hectares of annual deforestation across the SADC region.
Integrating traditional forecasting knowledge with scientific meteorology, coupled with anticipatory action protocols and psychosocial support to protect livelihoods before climate shocks.
Centering climate justice as non-negotiable — ensuring the most marginalized bear no further burdens and receive fair compensation for loss and damage across SADC.
Addressing climate-induced displacement, migration, and conflict risk — building social cohesion and protecting the rights of mobile and displaced populations across the region.
Facilitating equitable, farmer-centered transitions to decentralized renewable energy for agriculture — solar irrigation, milling, cold storage — reducing women's drudgery and creating green jobs.
Building a dynamic platform for participatory action research integrating scientific data with traditional ecological knowledge — generating locally relevant, culturally appropriate solutions.
Building resilience in rapidly urbanizing SADC cities and peri-urban settlements — addressing heat islands, flooding, food insecurity, and infrastructure vulnerability for urban communities.
Protecting Southern Africa's extraordinary biodiversity while harnessing nature-based solutions and ecosystem-based adaptation to build natural defenses against climate impacts.
Empowering climate-vulnerable communities as active agents of transformation — through green livelihoods, mental health support, and advocating for an inclusive regenerative green economy.
Harnessing digital tools, precision agriculture, and clean technology to accelerate the transformation of Southern Africa's agrifood systems for climate resilience and food sovereignty.
Protecting water security through low-cost harvesting, solar-powered irrigation, and equitable transboundary governance of shared water resources affecting 40% of the SADC population.
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