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There Office of the Attorney General of the Nation reported on February 20, 2023 that the Cundinamarca Administrative Court accepted the evidence presented by the control entity against the Presidency of the Republic and the Minister of the Environment and sustainable development.
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The establishment asked the national government compliance with its obligation to establish and define a regulatory framework for the management of climate change. A commitment ordered by law 1931 of 2018, that is to say since ivan duke accedes to the presidency of the Republic.
According to the Crown, although more than four years have passed since its publication and the maximum period of three years for the development of the regulation has expired, the national government It has not defined the guidelines and directions for the environmental and territorial authorities to integrate the management of climate change in the various planning instruments, which allows greenhouse gas mitigationreduce the vulnerability of people and ecosystems to its effects.
“In view of the violation of the obligation by the national government, and after having exhausted the alert mechanisms for the fulfillment of its duties and response in specific terms for the regulatory evolution, the control entity has brought legal action,” said the Attorney.
So the room Cundinamarca Administrative Court failed and partially accepted the requests of the control entity, ordering the Presidency of the Republic you all Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, which, within the framework of their respective competences, proceed to the regulation of standards against Climate Change Act, fixing a maximum duration of six months from the execution of the sentence.
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Finally, the attorney warned that the Minister of the Environment must attend in priority the expedition ordered by law, especially since the undeniable changes in weather conditions, represented by increases in precipitation and significant variations in temperature, have a significant impact on the areas and sectors most sensitive of the country to climate change.
For its part, from the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (ideas) it has been confirmed that he will no longer be the Freak of the girl, but the Freak del Niño, which will cause headaches in the country, since it will go from intense rains to a severe droughtwhich would also affect the Colombian economy, affecting crops such as lettuce, broccoli or blackberries.
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It is estimated that the initial phase of this freak begin in the June to August 2023 quarter and extend through the second half of the year, primarily affecting the Caribbean and Pacific regions.
“The preliminary probability that this phenomenon begins in the middle of the year is 49% and that it persists until the October-November-December quarter is 62%,” he said. Franklyn Ruiz, specialized professional from Idea’s Meteorology sub-division.
The agricultural sector is the most affected by this freakWhat tends to reduce rainfall above normal weather averages and is causing severe droughts in several parts of the country.
Agree with Luis Alfonso Lopez AlvarezHead of the Office of the Forecasting and Warning Service of the ideas“farmers and the country in general must be prepared for the probable decrease in rainfall linked to the contribution of Freak del Niño which can intensify the dry state. We must also prepare for the increased frequency of fires associated with dry conditions, whether or not there is an El Niño phenomenon”.
Other crops that would be affected by the Freak del Niño are cauliflower, cabbage, zucchini, auyama, grasses, Cape gooseberry, gulupa, curuba, peach, plum, pear and tomato. Likewise, certain types of livestock that need large amounts of water would also suffer.