ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslamsaid on Wednesday that Pakistan is among the four countries of the worldwhich were affected the most by climate change.
Addressing National Consultative Workshop titled “The Role of Civil Societyin Climate Change”, he said that in the last 20 years, Pakistan suffered aloss of Rs14 billion due to climate change, being the second biggestcountry to suffer such a big loss due to the issue.
“Every year, due to deadly earthquakes, floods and drought, Pakistansuffers a loss of billions. This amount could have been spent on education,health, poverty alleviation projects,” he regretted.
He further told that only an eight-person delegation visited differentworld forums and saved an amount of Rs20m while acting upon the austeritymeasures as directed by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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At this month’s UN climate talks in Poland, Pakistan promised to move awayfrom coal investment and ensure climate-resilient growth. This was adeparture from the previous government’s preference for fossil fuel energy,and in line with the “green political will” of new Prime Minister ImranKhan, according to his climate change advisor Malik Amin Aslam.
