Pakistan, World Bank sign MoU to tackle climate change

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Pakistan, World Bank signs MoU to tackle climate change

Jan 5, 2022: Pakistan Climate Change and the World Bank signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at a ceremony in Islamabad in the presence of PM Imran Khan on Tuesday.

According to the Prime Minister’s Office, under the agreement, “Pakistan will be assisted in implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement”.

Pakistan was among the top 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change despite having carbon emissions of less than 1%, the premier said.

The premier said that he had seen the effects of global warming throughout his life. “Around 20 to 25 years ago, people who used to live in villages and mountainous regions started to say that temperatures are rising, they complained that the amount of rainfall had decreased and it had become hotter.”

He said that at the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which took place last year in Glasgow, it was evident that the world was now largely acknowledging climate change.

Commenting on Pakistan, he premier said that climate change was affecting cities and glaciers which made it necessary to implement nature-based solutions.

He added that his government’s Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme was essential for protecting Pakistan’s dwindling forests. “When we conducted digital cadastral mapping, we discovered that so many of our forests only exist on paper.”

Commenting on national parks, the Prime Minister said that in his childhood there were many deserts in the country which had gradually shrunk over time. “We need to preserve and rebuild existing parks,” he said, adding that the federal government has so far announced 15 new national parks.

He said that local people would be trained to protect these parks. He said that the government had started tree planting campaign in barren areas in Dera Ismail Khan due to which wildlife has returned. He said that as a result, residents have been affected and areas have been created for tourism.

The prime minister said cities in the country were spreading rapidly and encroaching on green areas, adding that it was necessary to curb expansion as it would make it impossible to prevent air and water pollution.

He said that the government was working on master plans for all cities which would approximately be ready in six months to a year.

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