The Daily Observer (Banjul)
Fatoumata Mbenga
13 November 2009
Banjul — The National Climate Committee under the chairmanship of Water Resources, on Tuesday, organised a three-day training on assessment of investment and financial flows for mitigation in the energy sector.
The minister of Forestry and the Environment, Hon. Jatto Sillah, said climate change is another disease in our environment. He said the world over, countries are threathened of disappear ance especially the poor countries which hard hit by the effects of climate change. Hon. Sillah said climate change was negotiated at the Rio Summit and adopted as a Convention to UN. He highlighted some of the causes of climate change. The changes he noted were as a result of our industrial activities in the 50s, 60s and 70s.
He said The Gambia is among the 20 countries selected to assess investment and financial flows for climate change and further revealed that The Gambia has joined other countries to prepare their communique to the UNFCCC as well as prepared the NAPA indicating that the country has almost fulfilled its commitments. Almamy Camara, on behalf of UNDP Gambia office, said climate change crisis is now widely recognised as a threat to the world. He described climate change as one of the most significant and complex challenges facing humanity.
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