Media, CSOs Poised to Join Ecowas in Combating Climate Change

Media and civil society organisations in West Africa have committed themselves to complement the ongoing efforts of the Ecowas Commission in fighting climate change through advocacy and awareness creation.

The business community, too, has promised to play its part by introducing and strengthening efforts to reduce the emission of greenhouse gas and to financially support local initiatives to protect the environment.

The representatives of the media, CSOs and the private sector in West Africa identified their possible contributions and actions at both regional and national levels in the fight against climate change after participating in a three-day seminar on climate change on 13 - 15 July at the Ecowas Commission in Abuja, Nigeria.

The three groups of stakeholders were sensitised on the Paris Agreement, an international agreement committing all signatory countries to a stronger action in the fight against climate change.

Adopted in December 2015, the agreement lays the fundamentals of a new global climate regime committing all countries to showcase their best efforts against climate change.

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Steven Lilley

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