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IHK not shown as part of Pakistan in map

ISLAMABAD: Has Pakistan abandoned its claim on Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) as United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Ministry of Climate Change have not shown IHK as part of Pakistan on the published map on a brochure along with a joint report launched here on Monday?“It is quite awkward that

By our correspondents
May 26, 2015
ISLAMABAD: Has Pakistan abandoned its claim on Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) as United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Ministry of Climate Change have not shown IHK as part of Pakistan on the published map on a brochure along with a joint report launched here on Monday?
“It is quite awkward that the map does not show IHK as part of Pakistan on a report sponsored by Ministry of Climate Change and UNDP jointly,” one participant disclosed to The News on the occasion of launch of report titled Pakistan Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPIER) here on Monday.
When Ministry’s top guns were asked about it, they said that the UNDP has published this map and this issue was raised with them and they would rectify this mistake.When UNDP high-ups were inquired, they said that it was overlooked as map was downloaded from Internet and proper care was not taken so this mistake would be rectified.
It was revealed during the launching ceremony that the federal government was utilising 5 to 7 percent of its expenditures on climate change related projects. However, the experts criticised this figure saying that the integrated approach on expenditures will lead us nowhere.
On the occasion, the top officials of Ministry of Climate Change argued that international funding was available such as Green Climate Fund of $10 billion so opportunities existed and Pakistan would have to align its policies to get its share in global funds.
However, the report states that the pressing need for more energy and the mitigation of growing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Pakistan both require a substantial investment of over 5 percent of GDP. Ongoing significant national energy shortages have been estimated to require a $5 billion initial investment and annual variable costs of $2.9 billion based on the use of a traditional energy mix.
Filling this energy gap with renewable energy has been estimated to cost $10 billion upfront, but with lower annual costs. Investment requirements for mitigation to de-link economic growth from the corresponding GHG emissions increase have been estimated to be the tune of $8 billion, annually for a 15 percent GHG reduction, to $17 billion for a 40 percent reduction. There are significant mitigation possibilities on both the supply- and demand-side with energy conservation measures being most efficient. National adaptation requirements have been estimated to be between 1.5 and 3.0 percent of GDP and there is presently a substantial global shortfall.