Juba – The National Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of South Sudan in collaboration with UN Environment held a one-day consultation workshop for preparation of the Initial National Communication report on 23 November 2016 in Juba.
The key purpose of the workshop was to initiate an inclusive stakeholder consultations process for preparation of the Republic of South Sudan’s first Initial National Communication report to help in responding to the effects of climate change in South Sudan.
The Workshop was attended by the Undersecretary for Environment in the Ministry of Environment UNEP Country Program Manager along with 60 participants, representing various line ministries, academia, national and international NGOs, civil society organizations and UN agencies. The participants of the workshop reviewed and agreed on the membership to the technical working groups as well as identified potential sources of information and data for different components, proposed the lead organization in each Technical Working Group, and outlined the capacity needs of technical working group members.
It was emphasized in the group discussions that the Government of South Sudan needs to develop climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and laws, followed by their implementation and monitoring because without drastic actions today, adapting to and mitigating these impacts in the future will be more difficult and costly.
The workshop helped in confirming the approach to be followed on timeframes for the subsequent work to be undertaken in preparation of the report starting from the description of national circumstances to preparation Green House Gases (GHGs) inventory. The workshop also helped in soliciting views, ideas and suggestions of the stakeholders that will be used in preparation of the INC report which is due to be final in late 2017.
The Initial National Communication report will help to address climate change in South Sudan.
