Rich states haven’t done enough for environment: PM Khan
Pakistan, on June 5 host’s this year of the United Nations annual World Environment Day.
Also, Pakistan is among the countries that worst affected by climate change. It regularly has hit by devastating floods in recent years; meanwhile, that displaced hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed swathes of agricultural land.
The world’s richest countries have not done enough to combat global warming, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday, adding his country had done more than any other in the world to combat rising emissions relative to its economic means.
PM Khan said in an interview with Reuters at his official residence in Islamabad; that the world hasn’t done enough. Emissions are from the rich countries. And I think they know they haven’t done enough.” his year’s World Environment Day will serve as the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, calling for urgent action to revive damaged ecosystems.
In fact, Under Khan, Pakistan has undertaken a number of restoration projects, including a 10 billion tree-planting drive. This week Khan planted the billionth tree in that drive.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report that over the last five years Pakistan had experienced an environmental turnaround after years of decline in its natural capital.
PM Khan said developing countries like Pakistan had done “more than enough” to combat global warming and climate change; despite having limited budgets and an array of problems to deal with such as in education and health.
“To take so much money out as we did “ proportionate to our GDP and available income “ I think Pakistan has done more than any country in the world,” he said.
