PMB Arrives France For Climate Change Conference

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PMB Arrives France For Climate Change Conference
By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah
— Nov 30, 2015 2:48 am | Leave a comment
President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Paris, France, yesterday evening to join about 150 other world leaders for the Conference of Parties 21 (COP21).
The meeting is aimed getting nations to agree on how to deal with the issue of climate change.
President Buhari will present Nigeria’s statement at the opening session today before participating in the launching of the International Solar Alliance, an initiative of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who has invited around 110 nations to join the alliance.
The alliance is to be named the International Agency for Solar Policy and Application (InSPA) and is aimed at a host of African nations and others located within the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.
The president will thereafter attend a summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Benin Republic which has been scheduled to take place tomorrow on the sidelines of the COP21.
Deliberations at the Paris meeting of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Benin Republic will focus mainly on the war against Boko Haram and other security issues of common interest to participating countries.
Also on Tuesday, the president has been scheduled to participate in another COP21 sideline event titled: “The Conference on Climate Change and African Solutions” organised by the African Union (AU).
CHOGM: Terrorism Will Thrive With People’s Complacency – PMB
President Muhammadu Buhari declared yesterday in Malta that violent extremism and terrorism can only thrive and endure if good people remain idle and complacent.
Speaking on behalf of other participating African Heads of State and Government at the closing Executive Session of the 2015 Commonwealth Summit, President Buhari in a statement issued by his senior special assistant, Media,Garba Shehu, said that he was confident that terrorism will be ultimately defeated with greater international cooperation and collaboration.
“We have had the opportunity to discuss, in a serene atmosphere, wide ranging issues that are of great significance, not only to the members of the Commonwealth, but to the entire global community.
“Of particular note is the Action Statement on Climate Change, which is expected to herald our commitment to saving the planet for present and future generations.
“Of equal significance are our deliberations on Radicalisation and Violent Extremism. We are witnesses to the growing phenomenon of terrorism that is affecting us all, whether big or small.