The detrimental impacts of environmental degradation and climate change on economic growth are real. We all can observe that the climate change is having its toll on Pakistan. The weather patterns are changing and recently we have experienced some abnormally high downpours and flooding, never observed in our history. One-third of our country was underwater and one in every seven persons was displaced.
Ironically there are variations across countries in how the climate change affects the weather patterns, causes flash flooding, droughts, melting of glaciers and rises in sea levels etc. Pakistan is ranked among the top 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change. Ladies and Gentlemen, The transition to a low carbon green economy requires a shift in production and consumption patterns.