10.28.07
Seychelles Ambassador discusses lack of technologies for climate problems
The Seychelles Ambassador to the UN, Ronny Jumeau participated and made a speech at a high-level event convened by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. The event was entitled “The future in our hands: addressing the leadership challenge of climate changeâ€.
Ambassador Jumeau expressed his disappointment about the fact that small island and low-lying countries are not urgently getting technologies needed in order to adapt to the rising sea levels in some areas.
He said that most technology is aimed to help the polluters mitigate their emissions, laudable as that may be, however, nothing is being said about technology aimed to help small island states and low-lying countries adapt to climate change.
Ambassador Jumeau said he hopes that donor countries, organisations and private sector entities having resources at their disposal will assist vulnerable states with solving this problem.
It is in this contest, that the Sea Level Rise Foundation has been launched by the Presidents of Seychelles, James Michel and Palau, Tommy IEsang Remengesau. Its objective is complementing the UN’s efforts by prompting global attention and action. The above-mentioned includes the innovation and transfer of the types of technologies needed for small island states and low-lying countries to address the devastating impact of climate change on ecosystems and people.