Mr. Chairperson,
Pakistan is the country whose contribution to global emissions is less than one percent. Yet and sadly, we are the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change.
We have decided firstly that we will have nature based solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change by planting 10 billion trees in the next three years.
Secondly, we have increased the number of national parks, protected areas, from 30 to 45.
At the same time we have decided that we will not have any more power based on coal. We have already scrapped two coal power projects, which were suppose to produce 2600 MW of energy, and replaced them by hydroelectricity. As far as indigenous coal goes, we have decided to produce energy either by coal to liquid or coal to gas, so that we do not have to burn coal to produce energy.
At the same time we have also decided that by 2030, 60 percent of all energy produced in Pakistan will be clean energy through renewable.
And also 30 percent of all our vehicles would be on electricity.
So I assure you that Pakistan will be doing its best to make its contribution to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Thank You.
