Concern expressed over non-serious attitude of rich polluting countries

Islamabad
Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan expressed his resentment over non-serious attitude and response of the rich polluting countries in tackling global warming and extending financial and technical support to the poor countries against unavoidable effects of the climate change.
Addressing the national consultative workshop on environment he urged the developing countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and other Asia-Pacific countries to stand united against the rich polluter countries and force them to pay for the global environmental damages.
The event was organised by the Ministry of Climate Change and Global Environment Facility (GEF), which is a partnership for international cooperation where 183 countries work together with international institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector, to address global environmental issues.
The sad truth is that the poorest countries including Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh on the planet will be hit first and hardest by ‘now unavoidable’ climate change, he warned and said, “During the last decade it is poor counties like Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Philippines, Honduras, Myanmar and Thailand that have been most battered by the climate change disasters including floods, storm and cyclones.
“It is a matter of grave concern for the developing countries like Pakistan that they have been left on their own mercy for coping with climate change-induced disasters, particularly floods, cyclones, hurricanes, sea-level rise, landsliding, and river erosion. Whereas, the rich countries continue to increase pace of global warming by increasing their carbon emissions,” he said.