Bilal Ahmed 
(C)PTV,pakistan to face the worst climate crisis info minister addresses in press conference
Romina Khurshid Alam, the Coordinator to the Prime Minister in the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination. On September 12, 2024, during the press conference regarding the “Recharge Pakistan Project,” Ms.Romina Khurshid addressed the rising climatic crisis in Pakistan.
Climatic Crisis – Causes and Consequences
Pakistan is a country with a landscape of mountains, deserts, and the irrigated Indus Valley. The country’s major GDP is contributed by agriculture, manufacturing, and services. All these major occupations depend on good landscapes with quality raw materials, water, transport, and labor. If the rising climatic crisis eliminates any of these essentials, it would completely collapse the whole nation. To protect the country and its environment the Pakistan government joined hands with GCF (Green Climate Fund – of the UN), who help countries globally with better adaptation and mitigation activities to climate change.
In the past five years, Pakistan dealt with many climate crises,
2018 – Severe heatwaves were experienced with temperatures of 45 degrees Celsius and led to the death of 60 citizens of the country.
2020 – The significant locust invasion caused devastating damage to the farmers. Cyclones and unseasonal rains are also some of the other crises.
2021 – The glacial melting resulted in the glacial lake outburst floods that took the lives and livelihood of thousands of people, particularly in the region of Gilgit-Balistan.
2022 – Another unpredicted rain led to the flood which killed over 1,700 lives, displacing millions of people from their homes, and caused a severe attack on the industries which was worth a million dollars.
The Press Conference
Ms.Romina Alam warned about the threat of the worst climate change, Pakistan will encounter in the future.
“The Prime Minister is my boss; I have no issue using my authority to tackle climate challenges. Power is defined by how it’s wielded. I believe in pursuing my goals aggressively, knowing that passivity accomplishes nothing.
As the Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Climate Change and Environmental coordination, I have led key initiatives to tackle Pakistan’s environmental challenges. My work includes implementing climate policies, enhancing environmental governance, and securing international support for resilience projects”.
She has mentioned that their Ministry focuses on the development of strategies for sustainable growth, a framework for carbon trading to reduce the emissions of carbon and enhance green technologies. They are giving primary priority to banning plastic usage.
“Pakistan’s goal for COP29 includes securing increased climate finance, especially for adaptation and resilience projects in vulnerable regions. The country aims to promote its National Adaptation Plan, address loss, and damage from climate change, and finalize its carbon market policy.
Pakistan To Face The Worst Climate Crisis If We Do Not Act Now”, she added.
