Swapo Party MP Kosmos Katura provided feedback to the National Council regarding the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Capacity Development Seminar for Members of Parliament, held in Lusaka, Zambia, last year.

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association organised a capacity development seminar for MPs, attended by delegates from Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Mauritius, South Africa, Zambia, and Tanzania.

It was aimed at enhancing MPs' knowledge of land tenure systems in Africa, climate change, and how they impact development, the economy, and the continent at large.

The seminar stressed that Africa has contributed only five percent to the number of greenhouse gases that presently drive climate change.

Climate change has shown a significant effect on Africa's economy, particularly in the sectors of health, agriculture, tourism, infrastructural development, and food security.

This consequently disturbs economic activities, making it more difficult to access essential services.

Katura, who represented Namibia, recommended that Parliament address these challenges.

"The National Council's Standing Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources should engage the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism to assess the efforts made about climate change mitigation in the country. To engage relevant stakeholders to access the progress measured towards the implementation of the resolution of the second national land conference to solve the national land issue."

National Council MP Paulus Mbangu highlighted several concerns about the effects of climate change on Africa, particularly in Namibia. 

"The fact that Africa has a brand of the impact of climate change is a troubling question on whether the same international committee is so slow to intervene had the same happened in Europe and Asian countries. Currently, we have drought in our country, and the causes are climate change, and Africa contributes little to that problem. The international committees are too reluctant to come and help us to even invest money in food production."