Climate changes have an universal impact and Francophonie cannot stay indifferent to climate change, Secretary-General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) Louise Mushikiwabo told the international conference called "Building resilience to natural disasters," organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) and the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, in the context in which Romania is holding the rotating Presidency at the Council of the European Union.
Louise Mushiwabo brought to mind at the conference organised at the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest that our country already saw the effects caused by natural disasters and gave as examples the devastating floods and the hot summers, which are all phenomena associated with climate change, which also affect his country. He said that such phenomena affected numerous Francophone countries, including his country, Rwanda, which used to have a predictable climate, stable, and in the past years was hit by numerous natural catastrophes that have to do with climate change.
The OIF Secretary-General pointed out that the desertification phenomenon is another effect of anthropic climate changes and drew attention to the need of adopting urgent measures to limit the increase of global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius against the pre-industrial era, which objective was included in the action plan of the Paris Agreement. Desertification, which is naturally associate with northern Africa, started to cover other regions, including the south of Romania, she said. The same as all the other countries in the Francophone area and in the entire world, she continued, which could face a disastrous impact, as the inter-governmental group drew attention to climate changes (IPCC), in its report of October 2018.
Mushikiwabo brought to mind that 18 of 33 countries on the red list of countries that are most exposed to natural catastrophes, according to the Institute for Human Security and the Environment are members of the organisation, of La Fracophonie.
Not just the developed countries in the Francophone area are affected by climate changes but also the developing island states, specified the official, who hailed the presence in Bucharest on the occasion of the international conference of some representatives of these countries, such as Vanuatu, Dominica or Burkina Faso.
Climate change represents a challenge in what concerns human rights and good governing too, and in order to attack both its causes and effects, we need a coordinated efforts based on experience and expertise, one of our organisation's reasons to be, Louise Mushikiwabo stated.
The OIF Secretary-General also gave assurance while being in Bucharest that Francophonie, in all its diversity, gets mobilized for a better prevention of theses catastrophes and for searching the best and coordinated answer to strengthen the reaction to natural disasters.
Representatives of the United Nations Organisation, World Bank and the International organisation of La Francophonie on Tuesday are participating in Bucharest in the conference "Building resilience to natural disasters," taking place at the Palace of Parliament.
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