ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has reaffirmed its commitment to play its due role incombating climate crisis, protecting biological diversity and restoringecosystem.
In a statement today, Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudharisaid hosting of World Environment Day 2021 in Islamabad is anacknowledgment of Pakistan’s swift transition towards a “clean and green”Pakistan.
He said Pakistan is already in the midst of one of the world’s mostambitious efforts to expand and restore its forests, having already planteda billion trees as part of its 10 Billion Tree Tsunami Project.
The FO spokesperson said it is high time for the international community totranslate political commitments on combating climate change andenvironmental degradation into tangible actions.
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He said that for developing countries like Pakistan, this would not bepossible without provision of sufficient support by developed partners inthe form of means of implementation: green finance, technology transfer,and capacity building.
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