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Speaking to the Daily Graphic in Accra last Saturday, he warned that efforts to protect wetlands might not be realised if the nation continued to pay lip service to the effects of climate change.
“We seem to have taken a defeatist position on climate change as state officials
Officials faulted
Nana Sarpong, who is the President of the Friends of Rivers and Water Bodies, an environmental organisation, said government officials attended international conferences on climate change every year but failed to implement lessons learnt on their return and just looked on as the people felt the strain of its impact.
“State officials travel all over the world to talk about climate change but back home, they just sit aloof and do nothing. Even when there is an opportunity to address matters on climate change, nobody talks about it,” he said.
World Wetlands Day
For example, he said, February 2,
"It is a very sad development. People in officialdom travel
Importance
Nana Sarpong said wetlands constituted an important part of the natural environment since they provided an abode for
“Most of our medicinal plants are found in the wetlands so if we destroy our wetlands, we destroy our medicinal plants, as
He noted that there were too many ‘talk shops’ on climate change in the country, adding that “we only talk. Go to Paris and talk. It is time state officials began acting and stopped addressing climate change on paper,” he said.