EALA joins global debate on climate change

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.

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EALA joins global debate on climate change