The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

In an effort to mitigate the risks associated with sea level increases, temperature increases and other ecological impairments, climate change scientists and leaders of developed and developing countries are co-operatively engaged in the development of greenhouse gas reduction strategies and climate change mitigation policies.

As such, one of the topics of focus at the November 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Malta was climate change.

While some countries may have shared an outline of strategies designed to build an environmentally sustainable future, other countries seemed to be unintentionally dismissive of a material contribution in this regard.

While greenhouse gas emissions are heavily created by processing factories and energy intensive industries, transportation vehicles, water consumption, electricity generation and waste disposal methods are also factors specific to the effects of climate change. 

However, these particular factors are often inadequately regulated or incentivised to encourage awareness and promote change.

Therefore, rather than suggest that The Bahamas is not a “natural resource rich country” or that The Bahamas “is a small country”, as an approach to climate change mitigation, it may be prudent to assess these particular factors and design sustainable strategies that would not only protect the environment, but also attract the local and foreign investment necessary to promote long-term economic and social growth.

KASMINE

Nassau,

February 16, 2016.