Baku: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called on the global community to honour its financial pledges to deal with the issue of climate change: Addressing Climate Action Summit COP-29 in Baku today, he regretted that the financial commitments made at previous summits were yet to be fulfilled. The Prime Minister emphasized that climate finance must be grant based and not add to the debt burden of vulnerable developing countries. He stressed that without climate justice, there can be no real resilience.According to Radio Pakistan, the Prime Minister highlighted the devastation caused by the 2022 floods in Pakistan, pointing out that Pakistan is one of the countries that contributes less than half a percent of global emissions, yet it remains vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan is a resilient, hardworking and responsible nation and that it is fully committed to being part of global climate solutions.He further stated that his government has taken concrete actions to del iver on its commitment of producing sixty percent of all energy from clean sources and shifting thirty percent of its vehicles to electric vehicles by the end of this decade. He mentioned that Pakistan is set to undergo a renewable energy revolution. Last year, Pakistan presented a comprehensive national adaptation plan and this year, it has developed a national carbon market framework. However, he emphasized that Pakistan needs international support to deliver on its climate ambitions.
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