Private Member’s Bill on Climate Change Submitted to Ghana’s Parliament

Private Member’s Bill on Climate Change Submitted to Ghana’s Parliament

The Private Member’s Bill that has in the past been in contention has finally been submitted to Parliament by three law Makers to push for the introduction of the Climate Change Bill, 2023.

Dr Godfred Seidu Jiisaw MP for Was East, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa MP for North Tong and Lawyer Francis- Xavier Sosu, MP for Madina are the three Members of Parliament who seeking for the passage of this important Bill.

In a write up by the Madina MP, he stated, “As Legislators, the obligation to ensure a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is greater on us. The need for climate action has become necessary now more than ever as it affects everything, from the place we live, to the water we drink, to the air we breathe”.

He added, “Indeed, Article 41(k) of the 1992 Constitution enjoins us to be interested in such conversations that seek to protect the environment. Also, as noted in the National Security Strategic Report published by the Ministry of National Security, the consequences of climate change tend to amplify existing national security risks that endanger the security of humans, ecosystems, the economy, and society as a whole”, the statement concluded.

To him he believes that, the Bill when passed will help ensure the realization of an open, free, prosperous, inclusive and secure society and it is now time for climate action and climate justice.

According to the law makers, Ghana’s National Security Strategy Report published by the Ministry of National Security in 2020 provided that the consequences of climate change tend to amplify the impact of existing national security risks that endanger the security of humans, ecosystems, the economy, infrastructure and societies as a whole: as it worsens the risk of food insecurity and malnutrition and increases the frequency and intensity of disasters such as droughts, floods and storms which in turn have adverse effects on livelihoods.

The the three Members of Parliament asserted that, the 1992 constitution enjoins them to be interested in such conversations that seek to protect the environment therefore the need for the actions taken by them to ensure the full passage of the Bill.

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