MPs call for climate actions to counter challenges
July 13, 2021
Islamabad : The parliamentarians hailing from all leading political parties have agreed on undertaking climate actions based on a long-term sustainable approach to counter emerging challenges and threats from Climate Change including in the areas of food, water and energy security.
The MPs were participating in a consultation on ‘Impacts of Climate Change across different sectors of Pakistan,’ organised by Sustainable Development Policy Institute here Monday.
MPs thought shifting towards clean energy is the need of the hour for being the safest, reliable, and efficient means of energy production.
Rukhsana Naveed, parliamentary secretary, Ministry of Climate Change, urged both the treasury and opposition benches to work together to better respond to all the climate-related challenges. She said that both sides can work under a Green Parliamentarian Caucus in the Parliament on the cause of Climate Change to save the nation from climatic hazards. The Caucus can play a great role in mobilising policy makers, leadership across the divide and the common citizens for efficient use of energy and water to achieve the goal of protecting the environment and ecosystem.