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    "id": 1443766,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Soipan Tuya",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry",
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        "legal_name": "Roselinda Soipan Tuya",
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    "content": "We have also listed the National Climate Change Framework Policy of 2018, the Climate Change Finance Policy of 2018 and the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, 2019 as some of the legislative frameworks that set the stage for climate action in the country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is important to note that the mandate of the Ministry is providing operational coordination on climate change, technical backstopping, requisite climate change policy and legal environment. In this regard, the core mandate of the Ministry is to offer coordination of various sectors. We have some sectors identified as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and those are the energy and agriculture sectors, water, forestry, industry, and transportation, all geared towards the mitigation action against climate change and our co-mandate therefore is to do the coordination of all these entities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have made progress on enabling actions and I have already mentioned some of them. Through the implementation of the two iterations of the National Climate Change Action Plan, there has been implementation of mitigation and adaptation initiatives across all sectors, some of which include the focus on increasing our tree cover. This is with a recognition of the importance of prioritising mitigation actions that have adaptation and sustainable development core benefits,, and adoption of clean cooking, especially at the local level, to reduce over-reliance by our populations on biomass for domestic cooking and energy needs. I will be stating that the forestry sector is listed as the topmost cause of greenhouse gas emissions in the country. That is the focus on the restoration of our degraded landscapes as well as focusing on alternatives to biomass energy to detract attention from the rudimentary focus on firewood for energy needs. Therefore, we are focusing on picking up on technologies across the globe that will give us sustainable options. The adoption of e-mobility, which is key to reducing emissions from burning fossil fuels and the Government through the line ministry, the Ministry of Transport is in the process of finalising an e-mobility policy in this regard. I am glad I saw a Motion moved by a Member of this House calling for an increased focus on e-mobility options and non-motorized transportation in the country, which is the way to go. The other focus is the increased percentage of electricity generation mix to reduce emissions from the energy sector. Our mix currently stands at 92 per cent and with the multi-agency coordination through my Ministry, the focus is to push this mix to 100 per cent by 2030. Implementation of the national climate-smart agriculture is another core focus under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries for purposes of adaptation. I have mentioned the Climate Change Act, the provision for the carbon market regulatory framework and the National Climate Change Resource Center, which we have recently operationalised. This is a model information and knowledge management centre domiciled at our Meteorology Department. It is a national repository for climate change information and data, which comes very handy at this time. The long-term low emissions development strategy, which we prepared and launched, last year in 2023, guides the country on the attainment of a low emission The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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