Islamabad, November 08, 2022 (PPI-OT):Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged the international community to focus on climate justice as Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change despite being only one percent contributor to it.
He was addressing Roundtable Conference on Climate Change and Sustainability of Vulnerable communities on the sidelines of COP 27 Summit in Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt on Tuesday. The conference was jointly chaired by Prime Ministers of Pakistan and Norway. Talking about devastation of floods in the country, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan has suffered a loss of more than 30 billion dollars due to heavy magnitude of devastated floods.
Shehbaz Sharif said more than 4 million acres standing crops of the country destroyed due to climate induced floods. He said the government is working in its full capacity for the relief and rehabilitation of flood affectees.
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