HE Mr. Thabang Linus Kholumo, the Charge D’Affaires of the Kingdom of Lesotho along with HE. Mr. Jason Hall, High Commissioner of Jamaica participated in the climate change conference organised by the India Ocean Trade Council. Dr. Asif Iqbal, President of the Indian Economic Trade Organization, said: “Climate change is affecting Lesotho as it does any other country — abnormal seasons, rainy when it is not supposed to be, dry winters… it affects the cropping in Lesotho. We hope through Indian collaboration we can create tools to be able to foresee all of that and try to solve the problem from what we see on the maps” he said. Mr. Vadamalai Kanda Subburaj Subash, Trade Commissioner of the Indian Ocean Trade Council, told the delegates how climate change posed the biggest threat to Indian Ocean security and how this crisis required collective action, and should serve as a catalyst for the revival of the Indian Ocean Rim Association. The presence of the Jamaican High Commissioner HE Jason Keats Hall and the Charge D’Affaires of Kingdom of Lesotho HE Thabang Linus Kholumo. Both of them participated in the dialogue of the multilateral body with the ability to promote cooperation which is the need of the hour.