Second climate report out

By BOSON WILSON
PAPUA New Guinea, a signatory to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), has an obligation to provide accurate and timely reports of its effort to address climate change, says an official.
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) head of PNG office Bir Mandal said this at the launch of PNG’s second biennial update peport on climate change hosted by Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) in Port Moresby last week.
“Climate change poses a global threat to food security and humanity therefore, timely reporting will allow us to effectively address the threat,” he said.
Mandal said comprehensive and timely reports would indicate to the international community PNG’s commitment to addressing the global threat of climate change.
He said the report would also highlight the impact of financial and technical support received from the international community and key partners.
CCDA acting managing director William Lakain said the occasion signified the fulfilment of the country’s reporting obligations under the convention and gave it an opportunity to communicate its low carbon development efforts.
“It tracks climate change mitigation efforts, and can be used to inform the global community on the country’s efforts on addressing climate change,” he said.
CCDA acting general manager Debra Sungi said the report provided an update of the most recent information on climate change mitigation actions taken and proposed to be undertaken.
She said it also contained results by PNG from reducing emissions from deforestation, forest degradation and increasing carbon removal from enhancement of forest carbon stock from 2016-2019.