August 1 - 15, 2016
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY
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Senator Enverga: Cooperation is necessary
to combat climate change
Ottawa – On August 3-5,
I represented Canada at the
ParlAmericas’ Action to Stop
Climate Change conference
in Panama City, Panama,
where parliamentarians from
all 35 countries representing
the Americas gathered to
discuss ways to fight climate
change.
I am extremely
hopeful that the knowledge
gained from this joint initiative
will help our country develop
measures that will lead to
significant
environmental
improvements.
As a member of the
Standing Senate Committee
on Aboriginal Peoples, I have
seen first-hand the impact of
climate change on the lives
of the indigenous peoples
of the Canadian North.
Communities
in the North
that are greatly
dependent
on
the
environment
for
their
livelihood are
at immediate
risk because
of the threat
posed to their
traditional way of life, but the
impacts of climate change
extend far beyond.
Last year, the Standing
Senate
Committee
on
Agriculture and Forestry, of
which I am also a member,
released a study on the
importance of bee health to
sustainable food production
in Canada. In recent years,
annual bee colony losses
in Canada were more than
twice