Abstract
Climate change is one of the concepts in Namibian languages that does not have any meaning or cannot be easily translated into the native dialects. It is very alien to many Namibians but yet growing in popularity, as it has become a problem that is affecting the economy, natural resources, and tradition and culture of the native people. Climate change is probably going to worsen the dry circumstances that are currently experienced in Southern Africa or Namibia to be specific. If it happens that rainfall does come in good amounts regularly, it will probably erupt in greater power. This will eventually lead to floods and erosion damages in some parts of the country, though these expectations have had very little influence on Namibian policy. Reid et al. (2008) stated that over the past 20 years there has been annual decrease in the Namibian economy of up to 5%, which has been a result of the climate change mostly impacting natural resources in the country. The result was reported using the computable general equilibrium (CGE) model simulations for Namibia. However, this result has negatively impacted the poorest people the most, which is a consequence of decline in wages and employment opportunities, especially for uneducated or unskilled labor in rural areas. It is of utmost importance for Namibia to take initiatives to ensure that most of its policies and activities are environmentally proofed. Namibia should have a unique approach to deal with displaced farmers and farm workers and citizens of such nature by looking into its issues of colonialism. In addition, there is a clear need to mainstream climate change into policies of developing countries like Namibia, because it is the responsibility of these countries to muddle through with climate change impacts and plan for a climate-constrained future.
Highlights
Climate change and global warming has been a topic of interest for many scholars and researchers around the world
In Africa, much in Namibia in the sub-Saharan Africa, many people do not really understand what global warming and climate change are, the effect or impact they have on the environment, economy, culture, and politics of many of the African countries
Kotir (2011) insisted that due to dry and hot climate blowing over sub-Saharan Africa, some countries, including Namibia, could see agricultural yields decrease by 50% by 2050.This would lead to over 50% of the population of these countries starving
Summary
Climate change and global warming has been a topic of interest for many scholars and researchers around the world. In spite of the impact of global warming and climate change in Africa and its risk to the world, many people in Namibia do not know about it. There is a need for Namibia to adopt climate change plans that will reduce vulnerability and improve adaptive ability; the policies and plans in place should focus toward the long-term economic development goals of the country and short-term ones that comprise the dynamic changes we experience. This should be the main focus of different units and departments within public, private, and semiprivate sectors.
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