The Colombian Congress Discusses this week a bill that aims to recognize those displaced by climate change, in addition to mandating the creation of public policies that seek to compensate the damage that the displaced may suffer.
The bill defines displaced persons as all those who have had to migrate from their place of residence permanently or cyclically due to changes in the climate in their region.
In addition, a national registry of displaced persons will be created and, if the law is approved, public policies to help the victims of climate change will be discussed.
The initiative was raised by the congresswoman of the Liberal Party, Julia Miranda Londoño, together with Duvalier Sánchez and Wilmer Castellanos, contextualized in the realization of COP27.
According to the World Bank, by 205p there will be 216 million people displaced by climate change in the world; That is why COP27 sought to address the issue from the discussion on "loss and damage" where various voices raised the need for the countries responsible for climate change to contribute money to the nations that are suffering it and that do not have the resources to adapt.
In his electoral victory speech, the current president Gustavo Petro, stated that he would demand environmental justice since, he questioned, the United States produces pollutants that are causing damage in the Colombian Amazon jungle, for which reason, he affirmed, climate policy will be one of the axes of his government.
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