Commonwealth Day: Queen Elisabeth II calls for joint action against climate change

Says protecting and conserving the environment and minimising the effects of climate change are the greatest challenges of the 21st century

courtesy, Ojong Steven Ayuk
The Herald

The head of the Commonwealth of Nations, Queen Elisabeth II, has said that protecting and conserving the environment and minimising the effects of climate change are the greatest challenges of the 21st century.

In her address on Commonwealth Day observed on Monday, the queen pointed out that conservation and the fight against climate change require the combined effort of
all the world’s populations.

During a ceremony to observe the day in Cameroon at the Yaounde city hall, the minister delegate at the ministry of External Relations in charge of Commonwealth Affairs here, Joseph Dion Ngute, said Cameroon had already taken laudable strides in the domain of environmental protection by ratifying all related international conventions.
He noted President Paul Biya equally announced at the UN general assembly in New York last year that Cameroon would create an observatory on climate change.

Week long activities took place in schools and universities across the country with a call on youths to safeguard the environment. Notable among the activities that focused on the theme «The environment – our future» were round table discussions, audio-visual programmes, essay and quiz competitions, clean-up campaigns, tree-planting operations and cultural events.