NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday addressed the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session and stressed for collective action to deal with climate change that has caused cataclysmic floods in Pakistan, ARY News reported on Friday.
At the outset of his speech, the prime minister highlighted the massive devastation left behind by the deadly climate-induced floods and appealed for international help to deal with the catastrophe.
“I have come to explain first-hand scale and magnitude of the climate catastrophe,” he added.
“For 40 days and 40 nights, catastrophic flood poured on us. Even today, huge swathes of the country are still underwater. 33 million people including women and children are at high risk of health hazards. More than 1,500 people have been killed including 400 children.
The prime minister said that four million acres of crops have washed away as a result of devastating floods. He said that Pakistan has never seen a devastating example of global warming.
“Whatever happened to Pakistan will not stay in Pakistan. We emit less than 1% of the carbon emissions in the world and expect justice from the comity of nations.”
It is pertinent to mention here that heavy rains and subsequent floods have affected 33 million Pakistanis, inflicted billions of dollars in damage, and killed over 1,600 people – creating concern that Pakistan will not meet its debts.
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