From loss of human life and livestock, to crop failure and food insecurity to infrastructure destruction, climate change is having far-reaching effects on communities. To reverse such a situation, environmentalists have called for greater adaptation efforts for resilience against climate shocks. At a session dubbed; "Commonwealth and climate change: Accelerating action", held on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Business Forum, environmentalists underscored that climate change is an urgent issue to tackle, warning that inaction would lead to a catastrophe to communities. It is part of the breakfast meeting on climate change hosted by the Commonwealth Secretariat where delegates exchanged on stepping up climate ambition and enhancing climate action in the member countries as well as the association's call to action on living lands. "We need to accelerate climate action, address land degradation and halt the loss of biodiversity, while restoring our ecosystem," said the Minister of Environment, Jeanne d'Arc Uwamariya.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 24, 2022 12:24 UTC