Members of Parliament from 30 countries around the world will, on Wednesday, meet in Dhaka, Bangladesh to scrutinise the global state of climate change.The three-day conference dubbed ‘Meeting of Parliamentarians of Countries Most Vulnerable to Climate Change: Durban and Beyond’ will review the significant consequences of climate change.East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Speaker, Abdirahin Abdi, is expected to participate in the conference and to moderate a session on the role of lawmakers in influencing regional and international agenda, the EAC Secretariat said on its website. With a critical focus on climate change, the EAC is in the process of implementing three policy documents approved by the EAC Heads of State Summit in April 2011.These include; the EAC Climate Policy (2011); the EAC Food Security Action Plan (2011-2015) and the Heads of States Summit Declaration on Food Security and Climate Change.Other key speakers will include Abdelwahad Radi, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Dr William Ferdinand Shija, and the Speaker of Bangladesh Md. Abdul Hamid.The conference, which takes place against a background of harsh climatic conditions occasioned by effects of global warming, follows the Durban Conference of Parties (COP 17), held in December, last year.It will create a platform for parliamentarians of the most vulnerable nations, in order to form and articulate a collective voice and agenda for climate change mitigation/adaptation strategy and disaster risk reduction, nationally, regionally and internationally.The 30 parliamentarians are expected to come from Asia and Pacific, Africa, America and Europe.