Combating climate change: High time for world to take tangible actions: FO

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Sunday urged the international community to translate political commitments to combating climate change and environmental degradation into tangible actions on ground.

“Going forward, we reaffirm our commitment to playing our due role in combating climate crisis, protecting biological diversity, and ecosystem restoration,” said the Foreign Office spokesperson in a statement. Pakistan joined the international community to celebrate the World Environment Day 2021, as its global host, on June 5.

For the last four decades, the spokesperson said, the world had been observing this day as the largest global platform for raising public awareness about the pressing environmental challenges. “As one of top ten most climate vulnerable countries, Pakistan highly values the global efforts to combat climate change, halt and reverse biodiversity loss, eliminate pollution, and restore ecosystems,” it was added.

However, the spokesperson said for developing countries like Pakistan, this would not be possible without provision of sufficient support by developed country partners in the form of means of implementation: green finance, technology transfer, and capacity building.

The observance of World Environment Day 2021 on the theme of ‘ecosystem restoration’ was fully aligned with Prime Minister Imran Khan’s green vision, as manifested in Pakistan’s flagship ecosystem restoration initiative.