INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The State Ministry for Disaster Management said on Sunday that since Afghanistan has also been affected by climate change, a representative
of the Islamic Emirate should have been invited to the ongoing United Nations climate summit in the UAE.Mullah Janan Sayeq, a spokesman for
the State Ministry for Disaster Management, said that if a representative of the Islamic Emirate had been invited to the summit they could
have had discussions on finding solutions to the problem in Afghanistan.&Due to climate change, floods and droughts have caused a lot of
human and financial losses to people in recent years
Based on government statistics and United Nations data, nearly 20 million people were severely affected by poverty, natural disasters,
droughts, floods and earthquakes last year,& Sayeq said.He said funds should be provided to countries that play a major role in the fight
against climate change.The 28th United Nations conference on climate change started four days ago in Dubai.UNAMA in a statement on Friday
stressed that Afghanistan cannot go another year without a voice on climate change.The post IEA official says it should have been invited to
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