Experts to be united to tackle environmental issues

Islamabad: Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan has firmly decided to bring together highly-qualified environmental and climate change experts, scientists, and researchers of the country on one platform and utilize their expertise for tackling environmental issues, boosting country’s climate resilience and achieving sustainable development goals for overall socio-economic development.
During an important meeting held at the Foreign Office, Mushahidullah Khan and Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz have agreed that such platform, where these experts would be brought together to play their effective role, can help country cope with various environmental issues, particularly eforestation, air and water pollution, illegal wildlife trade and harmful effects of climate change on different sectors of economy.
They also took stock of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), protocols and conventions to which Pakistan is signatory and said that country’s environmental profile can be improved and climate-resilience strengthened significantly through enforcements of the decisions and directives of the MEAs, protocols and conventions.
Mushahidullah Khan said, “Compliance with the international environmental protocols, conventions and agreements is difficult without cooperation of the provincial governments, particularly in the aftermath of the 18th amendment under which the environment subject was devolved to the provinces.”