Staff Reporter
A gender inclusive training has been conducted in Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi on “Opportunities in the Climate Change for Sustainable and Drought Resistant Agriculture” where Miss Zartaj Gull Minister for Climate change participated as a chief guest with the university vice chancellor Prof Dr. Qamar uz Zaman. While addressing to the participants the minister said that Pakistan is facing the worst effects due to the climate change and falls in the top ten countries in the world. She said that climate change is not only increasing temperature, but also affecting our ecosystem which is resulting in insecurity of food. She said that climate change is one of the worst threats which Pakistan is facing.
We prioritise the issue which linked to the individuals or a small group, but climate change is an issue which is affecting the whole population, she said. During her speech she said that being an agricultural country, our 70% population depends upon it and it is an alarming situation that due to climate change and drought we are facing the food shortage. She said that it’s a disgraceful situation for us that our children are dying due to drought in Sindh and Balochistan. She said that climate change is one of the top priority agenda of this government and they are working on an emergency basis as one billion tree plantation would be completed this year.
