Zubair Qureshi
A four-member delegation of students from Italy’s Milan University, Thursday, called on Coordinator to Prime Minister on Climate Change Romina Khurshid Alam and discussed the pressing issue of climate change and its impacts on Pakistan.
PM’s climate aide welcomed the students’ delegation saying the climate change is one of the most critical challenges facing our world today and its effects are increasingly evident in Pakistan.
Romina Khurshid Alam told the visiting students that Pakistan ranked among the world’s top 10 climate-vulnerable country had been experiencing a rise in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, particularly unprecedented floods, intense monsoon rains, intense devastating heat waves, rapid glacial melting and consequent glacial lake outburst floods.
The heat wave in June 2024 saw temperatures soar to record highs, impacting public health and agriculture, she highlighted.
Moreover, floods which are becoming more intense and frequent, displace thousands of families, damage infrastructure, and disrupt livelihoods, especially in rural areas.
“For resource-poor countries, managing these fallouts of climate change has become a grave challenge because of the frequency and magnitude at which they are occurring and inadequate financial and technical resources,” the PM’s climate aide said.
The students were also apprised about the various socio-economic impacts of climate change and the government’s policy measures for building the country’s climate resilience.
The visiting delegation of students thanked the PM’s climate aide Romina Khurshid and her team for informative briefing about the climate risks being faced by the country and the coping measures being taken by the present government for making Pakistan a climate-resilient country.
They said that Pakistan’s commitment to global climate action was inspiring and a remarkable example for other countries to follow.
