By Ben
Kedoga, NBC PNG
9 July 2013, Nadi,
Fiji - Pacific Island
countries can learn from the Vanuatu experience, in terms of mainstreaming
efforts to deal with climate change hazards. Vanuatu has created a new ministry
to deal with climate change to see how best to respond climate
anomalies.
Minister for Climate
Change Adaptation, Meteorology, Geo-Hazards, Environment, Energy and Disaster
Management, Thomas Laken says this is important for Vanuatu, because it is
listed as among the most high risk Pacific Island Countries to natural
disasters.
He says the creation
of the Ministry by the new Vanuatu government was timely as they need to
mainstream their efforts to address climate change and disaster risk
management.
Laken is leading the
development of policy and legislation to integrate climate change and disaster
risk management. The Minister was part of a high level dialogue in Nadi on the
vision and role of political governance in integrating disaster risk management
and climate change.
He says they are proud
to take the lead in the region to take the step forward in addressing their
development needs.
The Minister recently
tabled the country’s national energy roadmap which lays the foundation for
Vanuatu to engage with partners in a more systematic way.
The Director General
of the Ministry of Climate Change, Jotham Napat said they are consolidating
their efforts help them to minimize expenses.
He said they had to
look back on their efforts and come up with new ways of dealing with climate
change and other related issues, adding that it is a signal for partners and
donors that the region is ready.
No comments:
Post a Comment