 Thank you very much Salim The Honourable Minister The Vice-Chancellor, the Permanent Secretary, it's here, the Ambassador They are against all protocols out They're all welcome to the Palo Africa, if I may also say, and I have just a few minutes to share the outcome of the first-ever National Symposium that was held for CBA in Uganda. My name is Sophie Buchegeka I work with the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, Uganda office I'm glad to inform you that IUCN is one of the post-parts of this conference I'm here to share a brief highlights that he marked from the Symposium that we held, which was considered as a curtain-raiser to this CBA 11 conference The symposium gave us an opportunity to learn about the different interventions being implemented by the various actors And also it revealed that tremendous efforts are actually being undertaken by the various actors But the main issue for us was despite all this, why do we still have these challenges? I would like to inform you that The symposium was organized by the Minister of Water and Environment in partnership with a number of actors I want to recognize Mukri as one of the main organizers Reproductive Health Uganda IUCN of course, Environmental Act, Care International and Conservation through Public Health with many others Because of time I'll just go straight to the main recommendations we made from that conference. We hope that these can inform the discussions through this conference and also We'll take forward these actions for implementation by the different actors and We hope through the different discussions we shall have through this conference. This this will be taken forward without a doubt We know and we believe that successful and transformative adaptation For that to happen people must be put at the center Of all climate action while ensuring that their rights are fully recognized and respected and that was the background of our Discussion and that's the reason why we're all here We recommend as a member of G77 That that we call upon all partners support their call for predictable adequate scalable and transformative long-term financing for climate action. We know that LDC countries are really struggling with this and We are we are recommending that the LDCs consider scaling up domestic budget as well for this kind of support to climate action We recognize They need to manage population growth So much discussion was held around that area and also because we have reproductive health Uganda as one of the main organizers One of our recommendations is that we need to manage population growth as opposed to controlling it. There's a lot of confusion around that issue and We are saying that people must be skilled and resourced adequately to get full benefits of quality population We're saying that countries must prioritize the inclusion of private sector in their climate action agenda But also most importantly beyond recognizing that We recommend creating an enabling environment for the full participation of private sector For purposes of leveraging climate financing and technology transfer, which is very important The issue of food security and sovereignty will recommend climate smart agriculture being prioritized And adopted into farming systems But most importantly To have a common definition of framework for climate smart agriculture across the board We are also recommending interventions at a catchment level one of the reservations is and one of the Realization is that most of the interventions that are being undertaken are site specific They are being done in silos and they are scattered all over That answers one of the questions why despite all the interventions that are being undertaken is still having these challenges So we are we are recommending catchment level engagement of these interventions we also recommending documentation and For all the countries to really have Key messages common messages for Uganda. What is a common message on climate on community based adaptation? We recommend that that is adopted by the different countries also for purposes of Of being able to demonstrate the proven interventions that strengthen local natural source management because different countries have tested Those that really work for them We recognize the high dependence on natural resources and we are recommending that city interventions need to project It's a suitable use of biodiversity ecosystem goods and services and we are glad that the theme For this conference is actually in line with this and as a country We we call upon CBA host countries and this goes to the city organizers To provide subsidies for local participation One of the challenges we realized was that despite the needs to participate share lessons Share challenges and come up with common solutions There is always limited participation of the local partners for example in this country We have very few people from Uganda despite the fact that we are hosting and from this symposium called upon the need For providing subsidies to local actors and communities to be able to attain and participate in this conference Current costs are very prohibitive leaving out many of the local actors despite hosting the conference Thank you very much These were the main highlights that came out of the National Symposium wanted to share because we believe it's the first ever Symposium that that has been held pre the International conference and we made a resolution to continue with this dialogue and that platform And we'll continue discussing and sharing lessons and we hope that the key messages that are derived from this international conference Will still be taken forward at the national level using that platform that was created. Thank you very much