Ambassador Haque stresses Pak-China green cooperation to tackle climate change

Pakistan-China cooperation in green development and ecological protection is getting more and more significant when it comes to addressing climate change issues, noted Pakistan’s Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque.

“Pakistan has recently been affected by severe floods; and China is also
facing drought now. Both countries are impacted by climate change. So these
innovations and new approaches to tackle climate change are very important
for the two countries,” Moin ul Haque said in an interview with China
Economic Net during the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services
(CIFTIS).

For the first time an environmental services sector was included in the
CIFTIS to display new technologies and applications in ecological protection
and energy conservation.

Pakistan is one of those countries that are vastly affected by the
consequences of climate change despite being the least contributors to the
shift in weather behaviour. “And this is true for all developing countries.
So it is in our own interest that we work together with all the countries,
especially China, in this respect,” Haque told CEN.

“We’re more than happy to share China’s experience in this field,”
pinpointed Zhang Tianli from National Early Warning Centre, China. “For
example, when it comes to floods, with WMO Global Multi-Hazard Alert
System-Asia (GMAS-A) we are able to issue early warnings and have affectees
who need shelter and support prepared.”

Zhang noted Pakistan has been wrecked and devastated by the recent floods,
and had many losses of precious lives and infrastructure. “In the future,
the Belt and Road countries, and countries prone to disasters will be
included in cooperation.”

Terming China a world leader in terms of pursuing environmental protection
and leading the fight against climate change, the ambassador said that “We
are very happy to have partnership with China in this perspective. We’ve
just launched a green corridor focusing not only on agricultural
cooperation, food security, but also on environment and ecology.”