COP24: Leaders should focus on empowering communities, says Martel

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THE focus of leaders should be to empower communities and individuals to be able to take care of themselves in times of crisis.

This was part of the message that was disseminated by the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) secretary-general François Martel during a side event held on building national, regional and international partnerships on island resilience held at the Pacific and Koronivia pavilion at COP24 in Poland.

“From a green–blueeconomy perspective, when we speak of resilience, we do not simply imply resilience to climate change although this is an important factor, particularly in the Pacific,” Mr Martel said.

“When we speak of resilience, we speak of island or community resilience because a community, when resilient, can better absorb or deal with a disaster or crisis of any sort, whether climate-induced or not, whether natural or man-made,” he said.

More on this story in today’s edition of The Fiji Times and in our e-Edition.

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