The two-day event was attended by Development Superintendents, City Mayors, Land use authorities, Resident engineers, representatives from other line Ministries and Agencies and civil society. Prof. Karmorh added that ‘threats’ caused by climate change hundreds of years ago was as a result of the burning of fossil fuels which in turn has accumulated into the atmosphere-leading to global warming. “In the 90s, the intergovernmental panel on climate change reported to the international community that the global temperature was on the increase and if we don’t take action to address the increase in the global temperature it means that we should be prepared to face the severe consequences of climate change,” he added. Tumbey, however, appreciated Sida and the UNDP Global Climate Promise Initiative for working along with the UNDP in Liberia in tailoring the necessary funds to the government of Liberia. He disclosed that the NDC is very important for Liberia because it allows Liberia to communicate its climate action as well as implement targeted actions to address climate change locally.

Source: Front Page Africa November 23, 2020 08:15 UTC