PROFFESSIONALS ranging from economists, accountants, engineers, surveyors, programmers and academicians convened at Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe for an environmental seminar to discuss possibilities and advantages of adopting climate change policies in Malawi a head of United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP) 21 in Paris, France.
The National Coordinator for Civil Society Network on Climate Change (CISONECC) Julius Ng’oma said that the stakeholder meeting on climate change aimed at drafting comprehensive policies and solutions to reducing malpractice of climate change worldwide.
“There is so much that Malawi can learn on implementing already existing policies to overcome climate change effects effectively. The role of the state in this set up is to create a legal environment system for climate processes where government only intervenes primarily to ensure that there is a level playing field for fair management of the environment to avoid greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions in the atmosphere which brings about global warming and climate change”, he said.
Coordination Union for Habitation Environment (CURE) representative Khumbo Kamanga lament that during presentation of position paper at COP 21, Malawi will ask need for compensation for loss and damages which the developed countries has caused to developing countries through climate change emissions, and gender issue as the thematic areas issues greater importance to incorporated in the new agreements.
“We are optimistic that the interface that Malawi and other developing countries will have with COP 21 will help reducing disaster risk. This so because the strategies and modalities have been clearly discussed in position paper draft”, said Kamanga.
He also highlights that issue of technology transfer and use, together with the cases of capacity building are among the inputs and demands. For Malawi proving a platform for engagement between government and Civil Society Organizations on climate change help to improve adaptation and mitigation to climate change impacts
CISONECC has been working closely with the government by proving inputs into Government of Malawi’s preferred positions to Conference of Parties (COP) 21 to (UNFCCC). In doing so, CISONECC makes use of evidence from the interactions of the member organizations with the local communities to ensure that positions reflect local perspective
