Yamba urges strong climate change measures
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By JAMES KUNDA –
ZAMBIA requires a strong programme on climate change to overcome the negative effects of unpredictable weather patterns on the economy, Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba has said.

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Mr Yamba has since implored cooperating partners to help developing countries affected by the impact of climate change to mobilise resources for adaptation and mitigation programmes.
He was speaking in Lusaka yesterday during the European Union (EU) and EU member States Conference of the Parties (COP21) coalition building event.
The event, which was held at the Taj-Pamodzi Hotel, was a prelude to the 21st COP meeting slated for Paris, France this month end.
“Climate change is no longer a rhetorical environmental issue but a serious challenge for the social economic and environmental development of our country.
“Agriculture and energy production slowed down this year due to drought, lowering our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by an estimated two percentage points,” Mr Yamba said.
He, however, said the Government, with aid from development partners, was implementing various initiatives aimed at mainstreaming climate change into development planning.
“This has been addressed at national, district and community level through a pragmatic and transformational change oriented approach,” he said.
At the same event, EU head of delegation to Zambia and COMESA, Alessandro Mariani, said climate change resilience should be approached through global collaboration.
“This is the time when every country should play its role in fighting the negative impacts of climate change. We should all be determined to contribute to this cause because environmental protection is our collective responsibility,” he said.
French Ambassador to Zambia Emmanuel Cohet said the COP21 meeting would focus on cementing a global agreement to limit global warming to below two degrees Celsius.
Mr Cohet commended Zambia for having already submitted its intended nationally determined contributions to the 2015 agreement on climate change ahead of the Paris Indaba.

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