Hon Speaker, on Monday, South Africa will assume the role of global guardian in the arena of climate change when it hosts the 17th Conference of Parties, Cop 17. Hon Speaker, the road to Durban has been one fraught with difficulties and has many skeletons of past protocols, accords and agreements on climate change. The clich, and I quote, "Talk is cheap" could possibly carry popular sentiment in respect of global progress on climate change. This is a sentiment that must be changed. Action, not words, is what is required.
The time for broad and general consensus between governments without any real commitment to the adaptation and mitigation of climate change is over. It is this vein that the IFP urges our Cop 17 representatives to push for actionable global resolutions and agreements that will see our beautiful planet preserved pristinely for our future generations. I thank you. [Applause.]