ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan and Koran Minister for Environment, Yoon Seongkyu, have pledged to boost cooperation in environment, pollution, climate change adaptation and mitigation, renewable energy, water management, flood risk mitigation, hazardous waste management, and climate-resilient infrastructure construction.
Both ministers met in Daegu city of South Korea on April 15 on the sidelines of the week-long 7th World Water Forum that began on April 17 under the theme ‘Water for Our Future’.
Korean Minister for Environment, Yoon Seongkyu, told Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan that Korean government is ready to help Pakistan deal with issues of climate-change induced disasters, environmental degradation, particularly escalating air and water pollution, hazardous waste, water mismanagement and lack of climate-resilient public infrastructure development.
“We are keen to work with Pakistani government in these areas and wish to sign some memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Pakistan to help the country achieve socio-economic development goals while tackling climate-change induced threats, particularly floods,” He said during his meeting with the Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan.
The meeting between the two ministers was held on April 14 (Tuesday) in Daegu, a metropolitan city of South Korea, on the sidelines of the week-long 7th World Water Forum that began on April 12.
The Korean environment minister, Yoon Seongkyu, also discussed ways and means for initiating capacity-building programmes for government officials in the fields of climate change, environment, flood & water management, air & water pollution, hazardous waste management and construction of climate-resilient infrastructure. DNA