Mohl Modulasetulo, a re lot?heng. [Hon Chairperson, greetings.]
Unless we alter our behaviour as global citizens, the significant changes in weather patterns, popularly known as climate changes, which have caused havoc in different parts of the world, are here to stay. As a matter of fact, failure to change course will only result in the situation taking a turn for the worse.
Annual conferences on climate change have taken place over the years but there are insufficient practical solutions to show for them. We read about how developed countries and developing countries are failing to reach consensus on a number of important issues that would help us recover some lost ground in the fight against climate change. We seem to be fiddling while Rome is burning.
As the host nation, South Africa has an important role to play in ensuring that it pushes for the immediate implementation of resolutions taken at the Durban conference in particular. South Africa has an opportunity to lead by example in the Southern African Development Community, SADC, region as a starting point and on the African continent as a whole as far as meeting its mitigation commitments and the general fight against climate change are concerned. Re a leboga. [Thank you.]