Staff Reporter
The Climate activists on Friday demanded the incumbent government to ensure inclusion of climate change as a subject in the Single National Curriculum and ensure rigorous implementation of climate change policies for clean and green environment.
The climate activists hailing from Friday for the Future Pakistan and Impact and Youth Climate Activists staged Climate Strike as part of the global protests held all over the world under the theme Uproot the System.
Speaking on the occasion, President, Friday For the Future, Rida Rashid said the world in general and Pakistan in particular was under going serious climate crisis due to increased carbon emissions driving environmental degradation.
Ms Rashid added that as per Carbon Disclosure Project, 100 companies from 1988 till 2015 were responsible for emitting 71 percent of the total green house gas emissions (GHGs).
“These firms running over fossil fuels are rapidly damaging the environment leading to environmental pollution and natural calamities which should be taken to task for committing serious crimes against humanity,” she maintained.
She appreciated the government’s Ten Billion Tree Tsunami plantation project and said that there was more room for ensuring conservation and green development in other sectors as well.
