Experts and policy formulators highlight the urgent need for adaptation and climatic finance; Solves light on the need for stronger policies, technological innovations and collaboration efforts to face the challenges.
The second and last day of the Global Climate Conference ‘Breathe Pake Pakistan’ by Dawnmedia has begun on Friday, gathering experts and leaders to find solutions for climate change with them asking for urgent funds to adaptation initiatives of power to respond to threats represented when changing the environment and the climatic conditions.
The first day of the discussion began at 10 am and concluded the 6 PM at the Jinnah Convention Center in Islamabad after a marathon discussions session, opening addresses and speeches of several experts and dignitaries who prepare on topics, challenges, opportunities and solutions related to climate change and pollution.
9:27 AM – Planning, Development and Special Initiatives for Pakistan Ahsan Iqbal has begun to speak
Speakers
The conference will have a round table to inspire the dialogue between the government and the corporate sector and explore sustainable public-private partnerships, which will be attended by the Vice Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and the Minister of Planning Ahsan Iqbal, among others.
A session on agriculture, forestry and climate change food systems will receive the assistance of agriculture and forest experts in which the representative of the organization of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Florence Rolle, the Secretary of the Ministry of Change Climate, Aisha Humera Chaudhry, and former Climate Change Minister Malik Amin Aslam Aslam Aslam Aslam. He will speak.
In the final session of today’s conference (February 7), the former prime minister and president of the Yousaf Raza Gilani Senate will go to the audience.
Other speakers include Climate expert Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, British high commissioner Jane Marriott, the Minister of Petroleum, Senator Musadik Malik, Climate activist Karishma Ali and the youth activist Zuna Qayyum Baloch, among others.
