Ms. Penda Kante Thiam who represented the
Senegalese Minister for Environment urged the African Civil Society Organizations
(CSOs) under the auspices of PACJA to keep the faith and to be positive
in the struggle for climate justice.
Officiating the opening of a five-day Post-Warsaw
strategic meeting in Dakar, Ms. Penda Kante said, “We need you as much as you
need us. I believe change starts now and starts with us. We definitely need to
lead by example.”
PACJA Secretary General, Mithika Mwenda
called on Civil Society Organizations in Africa to be visible at the national
level, to be consistence with national aspirations and to work together with
their governments to achieve their objectives.
“It
remains the mandate of PACJA to provide an enabling environment for African
Civil Societies to share experiences and networks so as to effectively
contribute into the national and international climate change debates,” he
added.
Mr. Mouhamet Lamine Ndiaye who represented
Oxfam at the meeting said “Oxfam will be focusing on the linkages between
climate change and its impact on agricultural production and productivity”.
“We
are at Oxfam are hopeful that this meeting will conclude with a clear strategy
on climate change in relations to achieving the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs),” he charged.
The
meeting has drawn 80 participants from 40 African countries with a mandate to
construct a unified regional campaign strategy on climate justice.
Mr.
Augustine Njamnshi, the PACJA Technical and Political Affairs Chairperson and
Ms. Azeb Girmai of the Least Developed Countries Watch - Ethiopia while
deliberating at this event said “Africa CSOs on climate justice needs massive
and innovative mobilization strategy for advocacy and lobbying towards 2015”.
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by Kofi Adu Domfeh/ in Dakar-Senegal
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