Pakistan keen to present recent climate initiatives at COP27: Sherry.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Tuesday held a meeting on the 'Living Indus' initiative with United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan Julien Harneis and stressed that Pakistan was keen to present its recent climate initiatives at the 27th Conference of Parties (COP-27) to be held in Egypt.

The Federal Minister informed the UN Resident Coordinator on the inter-provincial consultations held by the Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) and has taken the provincial chief secretaries on board for the Living Indus Project to restore the health of the Indus Basin as well as the major rivers of Pakistan, a news release said.

Emphasizing on the objectives of the project, Minister Rehman said, 'The water of the Indus River had been contaminated to the extent that it is necessary to engage society...

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