About seventy five parliamentarians representing sixteen West African States are in Monrovia to participate in the second annual regional conference on Climate Change The regional Lawmakers will seek to access international funding to limit the emission of Green House Gases in the region which is widely blamed for global warming. The three days meeting which opened on Tuesday will also discuss the impact of Climate Change on the region and advance proposals to end the carnage. In his opening address to the delegates, Senate Committee Chairman on Energy, Grand Cape Mount County Senator, Simeon Taylor, called on the United Nations and donor community to support the regional effort in limiting the threat of Climate Change. He warned that without funding to discourage logging and other factors that contribute to Climate Change the regional effort will not achieve its goal. Senator Taylor urged delegate to the conference to mount pressure on their respective countries to cooperate fully with the international community in find solution to the problems of Climate Change Touching on the host country Liberia, the chairman of the conference said the impact of climate change is visible in his country with unprecedented changes in rainfall and other atmospheric conditions. The conference immediately entered into a working session following the address lasting several hours.Β More on their deliberations continue in subsequent report.
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