PACJA committed to supporting the Meru University of Science and Technology in combatting Climate Change

On June 27, 2023, PACJA joined the Meru University of Science and Technology international conference on SDGs for development discussing “Leveraging Interlinkages among the SDGs to Realize the 2030 Agenda through Research and Innovation in the Post Covid Era.

At this conference, Dr. Mithika, The Executive Director of PACJA, appreciated the theme of the conference and promised PACJA support for the partnership with MUST, including the discussion to establish Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation.

He said that less than seven years to 2030 today, there is widespread consternation on whether the 169 targets of the 17 Goals will be met within 90 months or 2700 days and added that in addition to Covid-19, we are grappling with multiple other global crises of monumental proportions – inequality, deepening debt, and the Russia-Ukraine war.

He pointed out that above all these is climate change, which poses existential threats not only to the survival of humanity, but also to ecosystems and the health of the planet upon which all organisms – plants, and animals, derive their lives.

“And that is my being here today and the reason for joining the partnership for this conference. Goal 13 of the SDGs seeks to combat climate change and all its impacts, the impacts we can all feel, observe and confront every day.”,

Dr. Mithika said that  “Buoyed by Goal 17, partnership for the Goals, PACJA’s cardinal principle is building collaborations at all levels – vertical and horizontal – since we believe that defeating poverty and achieving sustainable development is such an enormous challenge that not a single individual, institution, country, region or sector, can do it alone, a new thinking on enabling systemic transformation of our economies, through deep collaboration and shared purpose is essential”.

Read the full statement here