The
National Assembly Members subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources
were Wednesday sensitised on climate change and adaptation.
The
daylong sensitisation held at the Baobab Hotel,was been organised by the
Ministry of Environment under the pilot programme on climate resilient.
Speaking
on the occasion, the Majority leader, Hon. Kebba Barrow,who is also the
National Assembly Member for Kombo South, said the workshop was organised by
the Ministry of Environment mainly to sensitise the National Assembly Members
subcommittee on environment and natural resources and NGOs Affairs on climate
change adaptation.
He
said the workshop was focusing on climate change and adaptation, adding that it
was to ensure that policy issues related to environment are been implemented as
the subcommittee was a key stakeholder in the process.
He
said some of the key issues that were being discussed during the sensitization
workshop were the issues relating to resilient and adaptation to mitigation as
far as climate change was concern.
He
said the issues of rampant waste management, dumpsite and water waste are all
issues that are endangering the agricultural production.
He
said some of the best practices that were gained from the forum would be shared
to the wider community and to ensure that The Gambia work closely with other
multilateral donors to see that the environmental issues are address.
Ousman
Babou Cham, monitoring and evaluation officer at the Central Project
Coordinating Unit under the Ministry of Environment, said the aim of the
workshop was to bring the National Assembly Members select committee on
Environment and Natural Resources to sensitise them on climate change issues.
He
said the agenda of the meeting was generally environment in the Greater Banjul
Area such as BCC and KMC, adding that when it comes to flood they are the most
affected.
Also
speaking, Bubaccar Saidy Jallow, principal climate change officer for the
Ministry of Environment, who doubles as the coordinator for the pilot programme
on climate resilient, said the project was a grant from the World Bank to the
tune of US$1.5 milion.
He
said they are trying to develop strategy investment programme for the Gambia in
term of climate change so that they could help the community to build more
resilient across the country.
