The
Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources through its pilot
programme, Climate Resilience Project (PPCR), begin a two-day stakeholders
training and sensitisation forum on Climatic Change, Natural Resource
Management and Climate Smart Agriculture on Tuesday.
The
two-day event brought about 50 participants from the West Coast Region,
Kanifing Municipal Council and Banjul City Council, and was held at a local
hotel in Senegambia.
The
training, according to officials, aimed at training participants to improve
their knowledge and understanding on Climate Change, Natural Resource
Management and Smart Agriculture along with a host of other things.
Speaking
at the opening ceremony, the Coordinator of the Pilot Programme for Climate
Resilience under the Ministry of Environment, Bubacar Jallow, dwelled on the
significant of the project.
He
recalled that The Gambia applied to the World Bank Climate Investment Fund
Pilot Programme For Climate Resilience in 2015 and was selected as one of the
six pilot countries to implement the programme.
The
coordinator further explained that the project was funded by the World Bank at
the tune of US$1.5million.
It
was mandated to enable the Government of The Gambia to formulate a
comprehensive, transformational, adaptation and mitigation investment plan to
reduce and manage the country’s high vulnerability to climate variables and
change.
“The
main priority areas of the project are, climate resilience, food and
landscapes, low emissions, the resilience economy, management of coast lines in
a changing environment, infrastructure and waste management,” he said.
He
urged the participants to take the training seriously with a view to achieving
its desired goals.
