‘Long-term US support required to mitigate impact of climate change’

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MG News | October 03, 2022 at 11:26 AM GMT+05:00

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October 3, 2022 (MLN): Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan on Monday said that the government requires long-term US commitment to enable developing countries, like Pakistan to cope with the impacts of climate change that are disrupting the natural, economic, and social systems.

“Recent devastation caused by unprecedented floods in Pakistan and Hurricane IAN in Florida and adjacent US states has clearly demonstrated that no country was immune to the phenomenon of climate change,” he told Pakistani American Press Association, held to celebrate 75th anniversary of establishment of Pak-US diplomatic relations, according to a Pakistani embassy press release.

“We need to come together and act fast before it is too late,” the Pakistani envoy added.

The event was attended by Pak-American journalists, officials from the US State Department and prominent members of Pakistan diaspora, hailing from various parts of the United States.

Ambassador Khan highlighted the devastation wreaked by the recent floods in Pakistan that has displaced 33 million people, including 16 million children, and inundated one-third of the country’s landmass.

“It is a disaster within a disaster”, he said, referring to the waterborne diseases that were fast spreading in areas covered under water.

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