‘CPEC to be turned into model green belt initiative’
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December 15, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China Monday agreed to turn China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into a model green belt and road initiative to protect and preserve natural environment in the region.
It was decided during a meeting held here between Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam and a three-member delegation headed by China’s Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong.
Various important issues came up in the meeting such as environmental sustainability, climate resilience, renewable energy, green economic recovery, air pollution, water conservation and disaster risk reduction.
China committed to extend its support for Green Pakistan Mon 14th December 2020 | 08:21 PM
A three-member delegation led by the China s Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong Monday called on the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam and discussed various matters of mutual interest including environmental sustainability, climate resilience and renewable energy
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Dec, 2020 ) :A three-member delegation led by the China s Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong Monday called on the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam and discussed various matters of mutual interest including environmental sustainability, climate resilience and renewable energy.
Islamabad: Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has announced that the country will not approve new coal-fired power generation projects to embrace renewable energy and as part of its contribution in global efforts against climate change.
“We have decided we will not have any more power based on coal,” Khan has declared. “We have already scrapped two coal power projects that were supposed to produce 2,600 megawatts of energy, and replaced it with hydroelectricity.”
The premier made the remarks while speaking at the Climate Ambition Summit 2020 hosted virtually by the United Nations, the United Kingdom, France, Chile and Italy. Discussing indigenous coal, Khan said that his government has decided to support initiatives that produce energy from coal-to-liquid or coal-to-gas so that the fossil fuel doesn’t have to be burnt.
New programme launched to enhance climate resilience, water security in Pakistan
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Friday Dec 11, 2020
Pakistan is among the top five countries affected by the impacts of weather-related events such as heatwaves, storms, floods among others. Photo: File/ Geo.tv
Recharge Pakistan aims to increase water storage and recharge through wetlands, floodplains, and hill-torrents management
The programme will build the resilience of vulnerable communities through climate-adapted, community-based natural resource management and livelihoods
It will forge a paradigm shift in Pakistan’s climate change adaptation and flood risk management approaches.
Pakistan’s Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC), the Federal Flood Commission (FFC) under the Ministry of Water Resources, and WWF-Pakistan have launched a programme titled ‘Recharge Pakistan: Building Pakistan’s Resilience to Climate Change through Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Integrated Flood Risk Management’ with a 30-year vision.