Pakistan as first South Asian country launched WEF’s National Plastic action partnership. Rominna

Islamabad: PM’s coordinator on climate change & environmental coordination Romina Khurshid Alam stated that Pakistan was first South Asian country which launched World Economic Forum’s National Plastic Action Partnership program and took lead against the war of planet versus plastic.

She was addressing a ceremony in COMSATS wherein ambassadors, counsellor generals & High Commissioners of more than 12 countries particularly ambassador of 🇦🇿Azerbaijani ( chair of COP29) participated to show their commitment against plastic pollution.

PM’S coordinator while underscoring the climate change said, we are taking measures on war footing against causes of climate change including incorporation of climate change in curriculum with collaboration of HEC & ministry of Federal Education. She said that PM has one of the top priority to mitigate climate change and for this a committee was being constituted, consisted on all provinces and federation units including AJK & GB.

Highlighting the contrasting actions of climate change she said Africa was facing droughts simultaneously Pakistan was facing floods issue so she emphasized on regional solution to combat the climatic crisis.

While highlighting the plastic hazards for aquatic biodiversity, she pointed out that 103 tonnes of plastic is dumped into water bodies which degraded the water quality & blocked drainage system. 1600 tonnes of plastic is openly burnt & cause respiratory illness, she added. These figure were withdrawing our attention to join one another and stand together to save our aquatic wildlife and planet from these hazards.

She has noted that she is against to hold seminars in five star hotels which was waste of taxpayers money and the same amount can be used on mitigation. Since one time plastic usage is banned by the government, she was as a zero tolerance policy not drinking water from plastic bottles.