Antalya: Parliamentary Secretary for Information & Broadcasting Barrister Danyal Chaudhry addressed a high-level parliamentary dialogue on climate finance at the Pakistan Pavilion during COP31 in Antalya. The session focused on the challenges faced by debt-stressed, climate-vulnerable economies in meeting their commitments under the Paris Agreement and involved representatives from Pakistan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Japan.

According to Press Information Department, Barrister Chaudhry emphasized the significant economic costs of climate inaction. He highlighted that Pakistan’s critical issue extends beyond debt repayment and involves ensuring fiscal sustainability without compromising the state’s ability to protect its citizens from severe climate impacts. He criticized past fiscal policies that increased taxation and discouraged climate-resilient development, arguing that such measures undermined Pakistan’s climate objectives.

Barrister Chaudhry called for international solidarity, stressing the need for unified global action. He proposed five key recommendations for climate-vulnerable, debt-stressed economies: climate-proofing fiscal policies, safeguarding the renewable energy transition, treating adaptation as a productive investment, reforming global debt architecture, and strengthening parliamentary oversight of climate financing. These measures aim to align fiscal frameworks with Pakistan’s climate goals and ensure sustainable development.