Hon Deputy Speaker, the answer is yes. If you were to spend time with Minister Creecy, she will tell you that part of the plans they have in the department or the Ministry she runs, the Department of Environmental, Forestry and Fisheries, is precisely that. To make sure that firstly, we look after our environment and this we are bound to do. We have no choice because with the challenges of climate change we are duty bound, historically bound and futuristically bound to look after our environment in more ways than one.
We have been found to be one of the biggest polluters particularly on our continent. We have to address climate change challenges and carbon emissions much more seriously. We have a very clear programme and plan for that.
However, on issues like addressing wastage, the department or the Ministry have a huge programme to do precisely that. So, the answer is definitely yes, we want to do it and we see it. We see the economic derivative out of the environment, because the waste treatment for instance is a subset of an industrial sector on its own which needs to be mined properly, which needs to be properly exploited and it can be a great job creator. In fact, it is a great job creator.
So, from that point of view we are looking very closely at it. We are coming up with programmes and interventions that are going to address that because the whole process of job creation is just really overriding. It cuts across everything that we and we are also focusing on this.
The other important benefit is that we have a number of women who participate in that subset of the economy. So, the answer is yes, we see environment as a huge job creation process that we need to embark upon.
So, have time to have tea with Minister Creecy. Thank you very much. [Interjections.]