ISLAMABAD: Pakistan called for urgent, predictable and equitable climate finance, enhanced technology transfer and stronger global cooperation to support climate-vulnerable countries at a series of high-level side events organised by the Ministry of Climate Change & Environmental Coordination (MoCC&EC) on the sidelines of the UN Climate Summit (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, said a press statement issued here on Saturday.
Ministry spokesperson Mohammad Saleem Shaikh said the high-level sessions were addressed by Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordi-nation Senator Dr Musadik Masood Malik, Minister of State Shezra Mansab Kharal and MoCC&EC Secretary Aisha Humera Moriani, which drew a large number of negotiators, development agencies, scientific experts, research institutions and civil society representatives.
“The events organised by the Ministry served as a major platform to showcase Pakistan’s climate challenges, adaptation priorities and ongoing initiatives. They also highlighted the country’s growing diplomatic role in advancing climate justice, resilience-building and system-wide reform in global climate governance,” Shaikh highlighted.
He said further that MoCC&EC Secretary Aisha Humera Moriani, who led the planning and coordination of Pakistan’s engagements at COP30, said the ministry was focused on ensuring that Pakistan’s climate narrative was backed by solid evidence, technical insights and clear policy direction. She noted that Pakistan’s pavilion had become a hub for discussion on climate adaptation needs of developing countries and the importance of international support systems that were designed “for the realities of those most at risk.”
The MoCC&EC secretary added that the side events reflected Pakistan’s commitment to showcasing practical solutions — from disaster early warning systems and watershed rehabilitation to vocational upskilling and climate-smart economic transition. “Pakistan’s experience has demonstrated that resilience is achievable when science, institutions and financing move in the same direction,” she noted.
At a session titled “Cryosphere Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons Learned and Next Steps for the Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalaya”, Pakistan warned that accelerating glacial melt across the region posed a rapidly escalating threat to rural communities, infrastructure, water systems, agriculture and economic security.
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