The British Parliament has commended Pakistan for its efforts to tackleclimate change and promote green growth by implementing the 10 Billion TreeTsunami Afforestation Project.

While addressing Britain’s House of Lords session yesterday, the UKEnvironment Minister Lord Goldsmith discussed the importance of the BillionTree project and said,

Pakistan’s 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project is one of the most ambitioustree planting initiatives in the world and is a successful precedent forothers to follow.

He commended Pakistan for initiating the program and “the tens of thousandsof jobs that have been created due to the project. It goes to show what ispossible and what can be achieved”.——————————

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Aamer Sarfraz, a Member of Britain’s House of Lords and a board member ofthe World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) added,

Pakistan is showing global leadership in tackling climate change. Theproject is an effort that all Pakistanis can be proud of. There is no doubtthat 2021 is the Year of planet Earth, and by the 26th session of the UNClimate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) due to be held later thisyear, we hope to celebrate more successes from Pakistan.