Pakistan Bearing Brunt Despite Minimal Share To Climate Change: UN SG.

ISLAMABAD -- United Nations (UN) SecreAtary-General Antonio Guterres has said that Pakistan is one of the states that are paying heavy price in terms of climate change despite its minimal contribution to the phenomenon.

'Pakistan's contribution to cliAmate change is very little but it is one of the most dramaticalAly impacted by the consequencAes of climate change,' Guterres said during a briefing at the NaAtional Flood Response CoordinaAtion Centre (NFRCC) along with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here yesterday.

The UN Secretary appealed to the international community for extending maximum financial help to undertake rescue and reAlief efforts as well as to meet the emerging challenge of rehabiliAtation and reconstruction in the aftermath of devastation caused by recent floods in the country.

He said the world needed to amAplify its assistance to Pakistan in the wake of the natural disaster.

UN Secretary General AntoAnio Guterres said that especially, the countries that make most of the emissions should do justice by providing massive support to the people of Pakistan to meet this calamity.

He urged the global communiAty to mobilize everything possiAble to support the people of PaAkistan as they have lost their houses, jobs, and crops.

Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister Shehbaz SharAif thanked the Secretary GenerAal for visiting the flood-affected people of Pakistan, who are facAing devastation and destruction due to the negative impact of cliAmate change.

The UN Secretary-General beAsides urging support for flood relief assistance also emphaAsized debt support for Pakistan to help the country overcome numerous challenges including economic stability.

Guterres, who had earlier launched a global appeal to raise $160 million for the flood-affectAed people of Pakistan, said joint efforts were required to help the country overcome the conseA

Chief quences of climate change.

Pakistan, he said, despite its little contribution to climate change was bearing the negaAtive effects of the phenomenon of natural disasters.

He said it was absolutely esAsential for other countries, parAticularly those contributing to carbon emissions, to mobilize resources for Pakistan followAing the devastating monsoon.

'Today, it is Pakistan and toAmorrow it could be any other country. Mobilizing resources for Pakistan is a matter of jusAtice,' he said. He said Pakistan was witnessing an 'unpreceAdented natural disaster' and lauded the government, army, and NGOs...