Zubair Qureshi Islamabad
Experts at a webinar have urged the constitution of a regional forum consisting of the neighbouring countries to develop a common regional cooperation framework for sustainable development and to combat the challenges of climate changes.
“Unfortunately the region faces both political and technical obstacles in developing a sustainable approach to meet the ever enhancing crisis and emergencies and this is exacerbated by non-availability of reliable data, geo-information as well as reluctance to acknowledge and effectively address the problem by key actors,” said they while speaking at webinar titled “Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Development and to combat Climate Change” organized by Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan) and DTN on Saturday.
“Environment and climate change issues have become so significant in the world that governments, regional bodies and international organizations are agonizing over ways to control the continuously deteriorating situation,” said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam while taking part in the webinar.
The panel of experts included seasoned politician and former senator Farhatullah Babar, Country Head IUCN-Pakistan Mahmood Akhtar Cheema, Senior Research Fellow Dr. Dan Ge (China), Chief Executive Officer Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade (KPBIO&T) Hassan Daud Butt, World Resources Institute Director Climate Change Ulka Kelkar.
