Dedication renewed to deal with local weather challenges as nation observes ‘Earth Hour’ – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: WWF-Pakistan on Saturday celebrated ‘Earth Hour 2023’ with people, communities and companies throughout the nation becoming a member of in to modify off their lights and provides an hour for the planet.

This yr’s ‘Earth Hour’ served as a reminder of the pressing want to deal with local weather change and defend pure sources, significantly within the wake of the 2022 floods that devastated communities throughout Pakistan.

WWF-Pakistan Director GeneralHammad Naqi Khan stated: “Earth Hour is a momentous event for Pakistan to unite and lift consciousness concerning the urgent environmental challenges we face. With our nation grappling with the impacts of local weather change, together with the 2022 floods that devastated communities throughout Pakistan, we should take motion to guard our pure sources and create a sustainable future. By becoming a member of ‘Earth Hour’ and switching off lights, we are able to exhibit our dedication to a brighter and extra sustainable future for Pakistan.”

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif additionally marked the event by tweeting: “Pakistan joins the worldwide group in the present day in observing Earth Hour and demonstrating its dedication to the fulfilment of its obligations to local weather change actions. Saving our planet from the ill-effects of local weather change is a collective endeavour, one during which everybody issues.”

Minister for Local weather Change Sherry Rehman additionally confused the present local weather change impacts being felt by the folks of Pakistan and the rising want for adoption of sustainable practices.

“As Pakistan faces the continued impacts of local weather change, together with the current 2022 floods, it’s important that we take collective motion to deal with the difficulty. In these pivotal instances Earth Hour provides us a possibility to come back collectively for the planet.

The alternatives we make in the present day may flip into habits and could have a direct influence on our nation and our planet’s well-being,“ she acknowledged.

Pakistan is dedicated to selling sustainable improvement and can proceed to work with the worldwide group to deal with the worldwide situation.

Landmarks and houses throughout Pakistan had been anticipated to participate in Earth Hour’s iconic second as folks symbolically ‘switched off’ themselves by taking a break from their routine and on a regular basis distractions. In response to WWF, company entities had been additionally anticipated to play their half too.

In 2022, Pakistan skilled devastating floods that affected thousands and thousands of individuals, destroyed houses and infrastructure and brought about important environmental injury. Earth Hour 2023 serves as a reminder of the pressing want to deal with local weather change and defend our planet.

Printed in Daybreak, March twenty sixth, 2023