Islamabad, September 10, 2022 (PPI-OT):Speaking at a joint news conference along with Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at Karachi airport on Saturday, the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that Pakistan is paying the price of climate change and global community should extend massive and urgent financial support to Pakistan.

The UN chief said he cannot explain in words the magnitude of catastrophe in the flood-hit areas. He said he had never seen climate change carnage on this scale. He said that crops at a vast area are washed away besides loss of livestock and damage of infrastructure.

The UN Secretary General said Pakistan is making gigantic efforts to cope with the situation but there is lot that is needed to be done. He said the situation caused by climate change is due to burning of fossil fuels and carbon emission for which G20 countries are responsible for 80 percent while Pakistan has less than one percent role in it.

The UN Secretary General said that world is morally responsible to help Pakistan in this hour of need. Earlier, speaking on the occasion, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari thanked the UN Secretary General for taking time out of his busy schedule and witnessing first-hand the catastrophe that has been wreaked over Pakistan due to unprecedented rains and floods.

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