2<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe parliament too hosted a workshop on climate change and security in the Lake Chad Basin, which is shared by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. The workshop aimed to raise awareness and foster dialogue among parliamentarians on the linkages between climate change and security issues in the region, such as violent extremism, intercommunal conflicts, displacement, and humanitarian crises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What future ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nBut activists hold that these measures are limited and their results slow in coming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the major weaknesses in their approach, Wams believes, is taking action without consulting the population. \u201cThey should not act without consulting the population,\u201d he warns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn a flood-prone city like Douala the population is expecting the government to build more sandbanks to prevent water from overflowing their course. They are expecting the government to provide many more waste dump facilities closer to them, multiply waste disposal companies, build more recycling companies. [But] most times, authorities implement solutions without understanding them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fongoh Eric, Founder of the International Center for Environmental Education and Community Development (ICENECDEV) holds a similar view. Based in the seaside town of Limbe, an 80KM drive from Douala, the challenges are similar and the response should be adequate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe seaside town of Limbe faces similar waste and climate challenges as Douala<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nHe thinks the Ministry of Environment together with other ministries like the Ministry of Town Planning and the local government or City Council, should make available and publicise a blueprint to address the issue of environmental risks and hazard along the West Coast of Cameroon and in the in the entire country. \u201cThere should be some sort of an emergency plan also for the intervention with the situation that we are facing now in the southwest region\u2026 policy framework to address environmental risk is not accessible,\u201d he asserts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Bank report warns that climate change could have severe consequences for Cameroon\u2019s development and well-being. By 2050, the country could lose 4.5% of its GDP and see a 12% rise in poverty due to the impacts of global warming. The report also highlights the sectors that are most at risk from climate change, such as agriculture, water resources, health, and energy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fongoh thinks \u201cthere is an urgent need for that multi stakeholder collaboration and partnership between the Ministry of Environment, the environment, civil society organization, the Ministry of Town Planning and Urban Development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other actors might think the same, but results on the field are not forthcoming as the situation at hand warrants. To avoid this scenario, Cameroon needs to act urgently and collaboratively. Activists, government authorities and the population must work together to find solutions that protect the environment and the people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While hoping more is done, Wams, Alunge and friends can only keep using what they have, art, to do the most they can. CANSUD has received the emblematic Climate Clock and is implementing its mandate in Cameroon. But this like other individual actions can only go so far. The climate clock is ticking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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