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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that Pakistan has a lot to learn from China s experience in addressing climate change issues.
China has come a long way in its fight against climate change and environmental degradation, and Pakistan will benefit from China s experience including the use of new techniques to counter climate change at home, the prime minister said while addressing a special event organized by Pakistan s Ministry of Climate Change.
Pakistan will take a leaf out of China s book on the successful greening of degraded grasslands and deserts, he added.
Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries facing the risks of climate change including the melting of glaciers, he said, adding that it is high time for Pakistan to seriously value its natural resources to combat the negative impacts of climate change.
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The world s richest countries have not done enough to combat global warming, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday, adding his country had done more than any other in the world to combat rising emissions relative to its economic means. Pakistan, this year s host of the United Nations annual World Environment Day on June 5, is among the countries worst affected by climate change, having been regularly hit by devastating floods in recent years, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and destroying swathes of agricultural land. Has the developed world done enough: The answer is no, Khan said in an interview with Reuters at his official residence in Islamabad. Emissions are from the rich countries. And I think they know they haven’t done enough. This year s World Environment Day will serve as the launch of the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, calling for urgent action to revive damaged ecosystems. Under Khan, Pakista
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