She said that mitigation was foundational to the earlier climate conference agendas, and Pakistan has attempted to meet its articulated ambitions. “Damage to agricultural productivity, livelihoods, human health and economic stability have led to irreversible impacts, including massive internal displacements as well as GDP losses that go as high as 9.1pc (UNESCAP),” she said.
“All these changes have made Pakistan the ground zero of climate catastrophe where life on earth, water and underwater has been impacted at exponential levels, making the country a perfect example of all the disasters that come with climate stress,” the minister added. These risks included unprecedented heatwaves, forest fires, glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF), fast-approaching water scarcity - annual water availability level has fallen below 1,000 cubic meters - along with torrential monsoon flooding, growing desertification and a rise in sea levels, she added. Pakistan’s extreme vulnerability to accelerated climate-induced events has exposed it to a multitude of risks.” Speaking at the moot, Ms Rehman said: “We meet here today at a crucial inflection point in global negotiations on the pace and scale of climate change. Ministry of Climate Change (MOCC) Secretary Asif Haider Shah, Senior Joint Secretary Mr Mujtaba, Director Dr Saima, and Climate Change Policy Specialist Sayyeda Hadika Jamshed accompanied the minister to the ministerial dialogue. The climate change minister sought a clear re-set of the global climate agenda before the crucial climate conference. Global pledges must go further, Ms Rehman said at a ministerial dialogue co-hosted by Germany and Egypt ahead of Conference of Parties 27 (COP27) in November this year in Cairo. “We must hope for a better future, but hope is not a plan. ISLAMABAD: Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman on Monday advocated for changes to the global climate agenda, stressing that global pledges to mitigate the impacts of climate change must translate into planning and accessible funding pipelines to address the challenges faced by the developing world.
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