He said that Pakistan is also meaningfully contributing to shape the global climate change discourse, inter alia, as the vice president of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He added that Pakistan also co-chaired the multibillion-dollar Green Climate Fund, established to support climate actions in developing countries, last year. “Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our times that can only be countered through inclusive, cooperative and forward-looking policies. Biden’s Earth Day global summit on climate is part of his effort to elevate climate change as a top priority. However, the omission of Pakistan from the list of invitees to the conference raised concerns as the country is among those countries most vulnerable to climate change.

Source: Pakistan Today March 27, 2021 21:24 UTC