Nurseries providing livelihood to women
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April 19, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Scores of women across the country have so far been trained in modern ways to prepare plant nurseries that are not only providing them with financial benefits but also meeting requirements of Ten Billion Tree Tsunami programme initiated by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
According to the details, the training of women to develop plant nurseries is being carried out under Green Growth Initiative’s (GGI) of Billion Tree Tsunami Afforestation Project (BTTAP), which has been launched to mitigate negative impacts of climate change by planting trees all over the country.
Bringing improvement in the socio-economic conditions of the local people is part of the four-pronged strategy adopted by the government that included plantation of new trees and regeneration of existing forests; ensuring a high level of transparency; making this a people-centered programme; and taking on the powerful timber mafia or the illegal
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. Reuters/File
The United States has invited Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam to be a distinguished speaker at the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate being hosted by President Joe Biden later this week, it emerged on Monday.
The US president had last month invited 40 world leaders, including those from India, China and Bangladesh, to the summit. It was understood at the time that Pakistan had been skipped from the conference despite being one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change.
However, Aslam on Monday confirmed that he had been invited to participate in the summit, saying permission will be sought from Prime Minister Imran Khan to attend it tomorrow.
US invites Pakistan to climate summit after initial snub
John Kerry in a letter to SAPM Malik Aslam extends formal invitation after initially ignoring Pakistan at summit
This file photo taken on April 27, 2015 shows US Secretary of State John Kerry attending a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Kishida and Japanese Defence Minister Nakatani at Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. PHOTO: AFP
ISLAMABAD:
The United States has invited Pakistan to ‘Virtual Leaders Summit on Climate’ which has been convened by President Joe Biden on April 22-23.
However, the invitation has been extended to Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam by US climate envoy John Kerry.
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. Reuters/File
The United States has invited Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam to be a distinguished speaker at the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate being hosted by President Joe Biden later this week, it emerged on Monday.
The US president had last month invited 40 world leaders, including those from India, China and Bangladesh, to the summit. It was understood at the time that Pakistan had been skipped from the conference despite being one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change.
However, Aslam on Monday confirmed that he had been invited to participate in the summit, saying permission will be sought from Prime Minister Imran Khan to attend it tomorrow.
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