By M.A. Egge
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Somaliland, Shukri Haji Ismail Bandare, flanked by the Director General of the Ministry, opened the environmental quarterly meeting of local stakeholders in the city of Hargeisa.
This meeting delves into matters and issues that have been addressed as per schedules by the local partners, the planned ones, as well as the challenges that are faced.
Climate change is said to be a major disaster in Somaliland, affecting many areas hence resulting in frequent droughts, environmental degradation, and negative impact on diversity of life.
The minister pointed out the imperativeness in their efforts of addressing the issues and plans implementation.
“What we want to gather here today is to ask each other what you have done while we have been apart and the suggestions you have brought to this meeting today. The other thing we want is to raise awareness among the public, and we ought to ask ourselves, are we raising awareness? Are we awakening?”, she posed the query.
She urged them to double their efforts and see to it that whatever is planned and slated as per schedules be duly implemented
The DG noted on his part, “We pointed out that at this time many things have changed in the world opposed to the past, and it has affected climate change; when it comes to climate change, we don’t know where the future is going. So we are in the process of learning and adapting”.
The meeting was attended by officials and members of line associations and agencies working on environmental issues and climate change.