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The Global Human Development Report
on the theme Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided
World, and the Youth Human Development Report 2006 was launched
in the Gambia on the 25th March 2007 by Her Excellency, Ajaratou
Dr. Isatou Njie Saidy, Vice President of the Republic of the Gambia
at the Corinthia Atlantic Hotel, Banjul. The Launch was done on
the seaside where evidence of sea erosion and other natural phenomena
are clearly manifested, and in order to present the audience with
a picture of some of the impacts of climate change on the environment
in reality. Climate change has imposed great challenges on humanity,
which if left unresolved, would bring about unprecedented reversals
in human development, of which the world’s poorest will bear
the brunt.
The launch ceremony was followed by series of presentations and
a lively debate on climate change in the context of the Gambia,
with adaptation and mitigation measures highlighted.
The Launch was attended by several Secretaries
of State, other senior government officials, members of the diplomatic
community, civil service organisations, media representatives, student
and youth representatives, and colleagues from the UN System. Following
the Launch, a series of sensitisation and advocacy activities is
planned, designed to raise the profile of climate change issues
in our development agenda. These activities include competition
among journalists, a symposium with the University of The Gambia,
competition among school children and a panel discussion on TV and
Radio on the topic Climate Change.
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