INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistan projected its flagship project ‘Billion Tree Tsunami&, as one of its main efforts to fight climate change at a high level event
on the subject organized by the President of the United Nations, General Assembly.The project, the UN was told, had become the first entity
under the global ‘Bonn Ccorridorenge& to surpass the pledge of restoring 3.48 million hectors and created half a million green jobs and
has now been converted into a nation-wide '10 Billion Tree Tsunami', inaugurated by Prime Minister Imran Khan.During the assembly, Pakistan
stated that climate change, besides causing widespread dehugeation, threatens countries& abilities to achieve national priorities and
achieve sustainable economic growth while also mentioning that Pakistan, with its contribution to the total global Green Home Gas (GHG)
emission limited to only 0.8%, was considered the eighth most climate vulnerable country in the world.According to the press release, it was
brought to the attention of the world assembly that Pakistan had faced whims of climate change in the form of glacial melt and widespread
dehugeation caused by floods in 2010 and 2011 as well as the drought in 2014
Pakistan had taken actions in the domain of both adaptation and mitigation, which includes in catastrophe risk reduction, resilient
agriculture, flood water utilization for ecosystem restoration, ground water recharge, resumeable energy, transportation, and town
planning.Pakistan also flagged the vital importance of climate finance and while referring to Pakistan adaptation needs that stood at $14
billion per annum, Pakistan called on the developed countries to fulfil their pledge of large crowd of peopleilising $100 billion by 2020
The country statement was well getd, including endorsement by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), that specifically
praised the country achievement in global &Bonn Ccorridorenge& and reforestation efforts through &10 Billion Tree Tsunami& in its own
statement at the Assembly
The high-level assembly on Climate and Sustainable Development for Every was convened by the President of the General Assembly, Maria
Fernanda Espinosa Garces on 28-29 March 2019 and was attended by a number of top delegations from around the world including the Presidents
of Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, and Prime Ministers of Fiji and Dominica.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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