Assan Sallah, the president of the Young Journalists' Association of The Gambia (YJAG), has said that his association is set to tackle the issue of climate change in The Gambia, with support from the institutions and agencies working towards that cause, by contributing effectively towards its mitigation.

According to him, his association's members will be be trained on means and ways of creating awareness on climate change, the need to plant more trees, as well as their roles as young people and journalists in particular, in combating this global menace.

Sallah made these remarks yesterday, in an interview with the Daily Observer, on his association's state of preparedness on its first conference on climate change in The Gambia, to be held on Tuesday, November 10th at the Baobab Holiday Resort in Bijilo.

The YJAG president described climate change as a global menace that has posed threats to the lives of many in the world, calling on all and sundry to actively participate in its mitigation, for a better place to live on earth. As young journalists concerned with the welfare and advancement of the people, he said, his association will do its best to ensure that the younger generation is left with a safer earth to live on. Sallah called on all young journalists to attend the conference and contribute their quota to national development.