ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan has sought world’s cooperation andsupport in tackling the climate issues in Pakistan, as no country canovercome this challenge alone.
Addressing Climate Action Summit of the UN General Assembly in New Yorktoday, he said Pakistan is among the countries most vulnerable to climatechange, despite having less than one percent share in global greenhouse gasemissions.
The Prime Minister said one point one billion trees have been planted inthe country to make it greener and to fight the adverse impacts of climatechange. He said his government has now set a target of planting ten billiontrees in the next five years.
Imran Khan expressed fear that if global temperature rises at the samepace, it could lead to environmental disasters. As a result, more peoplewill be displaced and the number of climate migrants will increase.
The Prime Minister regretted that the issue of climate change is not beingtaken seriously by the most industrially advanced countries of the world.
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He appealed that world should take this threat seriously to save thehumanity of natural catastrophes.
Imran Khan said human beings have the capacity that once they make up theirmind to tackle any challenge, they can succeed.
