Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, informed theinternational community that Pakistan is working on a plan to convert atleast 30 percent of its road vehicles to electric cars by 2030.

The Ambassador was speaking at a virtual meeting of the Group of Friends onClimate Change, in New York. He cautioned that if the developing countriesare not given enough support in their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic,they will fail to fulfill their commitments towards the creation of aclean, and healthy environment.——————————

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If developing countries are destitute, if there are humanitarian disasters,if we are unable to recover from COVID, I think all other actions for manydeveloping countries will become irrelevant. So urgent and immediateactions are needed.

Ambassador Akram urged the leading countries in the world to fulfill theircommitments on climate change, and the major emitters of harmful gases tostep forward and work towards the creation of a safer, cleaner environmentfor all.

He said, “There are positive indications, I agree, but I believe that theseshould be made much clearer as we go forward, especially from the biggestcountry, the United States. We look forward to what the new USadministration will have to say in the coming months.”

Urging the world’s leading nations to fulfill their pledge for the hundredbillion annual commitment on climate finance, Ambassador Akram said, “Ithink for many developing countries that will be an acid test.”