They started meeting in Yaounde yesterday under the chair of the Minister of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development.
Cameroon like other countries is victim to greenhouse emission and is also reported to be one of the hardest hit by its effects. Palpable examples are in the energy and agricultural sectors where water levels as well as food production have dropped, causing untold energy and food crises.
The country’s vulnerability has pushed the Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development not to rely on its past laurels.
Measures are underway with the first being the putting in place of the National Observatory on Climate Change as a tool to help the country understand draconian actions to take.
The Minister, Hele Pierre, was upbeat in Yaounde yesterday, April 22, 2015, as he opened a workshop on the Second National Communication to the UN framework to Fight Climate Change. He pointed out that Cameroon, like many others suffering the nefarious effects of climate change, was committed to face the challenge.
The document under examination focuses on an inventory of greenhouse emission in agriculture, livestock, forestry and energy as well as the country’s vulnerability to climate change. Also in the document are proposals and needs in combating environmental hazards.
“At the end of the day, Cameroon is giving the international community a shopping document on problems, measures and wants to face the situation,” explained Prof. Joseph Armathe Amougou.
The expert stressed that the one important thing the country needs from the international community to adapt to climate change is technology and capacity-building.
