Secretary-General Patricia Scotland noted that 45 per cent of the world’s coral reefs and many of the world’s small island developing states are in the Commonwealth
.] So all the countries came together and said, “Okay, what do we need, what do we have?” These action groups were very practical to help get our countries moving more quickly.
In the Commonwealth, we have created a climate change ecosystem. We’ve got now the Blue Charter, we’ve got thewhich is seeking to implement the three Rio conventions and we’ve created something called CommonSensing. It uses geospatial data, satellite data, so that we can give the information to our member states so they can make better choices. So for example, we’re able to better predict when there’s going to be a cyclone, or better predict when there is going to be a drought or floods.
One of the purposes of creating the Blue Charter is sharing data so we know what works. But also, we are pooling what does not work. Because many of our member states will have tried to do things that would have been really sensible, but they just didn’t work. And many of us are trying the same things, because it looks sensible. So sharing data means we only make one mistake. That pooling of information is critically important.
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