Minister for Defence Production Zubaida Jalal has said that the incumbent government was taking effective measures to cope with the climate change challenges.
Addressing a seminar in Quetta, she said the people of the country were enthusiastically participating in the Billion Tree Tsunami plantation campaign launched under vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Radio Pakistan reported.
She also lauded the role of media in the Tree plantation campaign and creating awareness among the masses in this connection.
The growing impacts of climate change have already pushed more than 18 million people to migrate within South Asian countries, but that could more than triple if global warming continues on its current path, researchers have warned.—APP