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A high-level delegation met the Sindh Chief Minister, and the participants were briefed (Photo: File)
Karachi: Pakistan faces extreme vulnerability due to climate change while significant steps are needed to eradicate poverty.
A powerful delegation from the World Bank, led by its Regional Director for Sustainable Development (SD) South Asia, Mr. John A. Rome, met Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah at the Prime Minister’s House.
Provincial Ministers, Chief Secretary, P&D Chairman and others participated in the meeting World Bank Regional Director for South Asia told the meeting through a presentation that the recent increase in poverty in Pakistan is due to low and unstable macro-financial weaknesses. The rate growth in
According to the report, Pakistan is a low emitter of greenhouse gases, but Pakistan has opportunities to improve the atmosphere for its own interest. Climate change is already having a devastating effect on the country. In 2002, extraordinary floods inundated one third of the country and caused 1,700 deaths.
The Sindh Chief Minister directed the P&D team to study the report and recommendations of the World Bank and then formulate its development plan in the light of the report so that poverty can be eradicated from the province through sustainable development.