Pakistan and United Kingdom (UK) have agreed to strengthen their collaboration on climate change, nature conservation and green economic growth under the Pakistan-UK Green Compact.
The Pakistan-UK Green Compact was constituted between the two countries following the Conference of the Parties in 2022 (COP27).
Both countries agreed to increase cooperation to step up global climate ambition as Pakistan remains one of the top countries to be affected by climate change.
Federal Minister for Climate Change Musadik Malik met with UK government delegation led by Development Director at the British High Commission, Jo Moir.
Their discussion revolved around joint efforts to combat climate change, enhance climate resilience, and mobilise finance for sustainable development in Pakistan.
Both officials reiterated the need to work under the Green Compact initiative between the two countries.
“Pakistan urgently needs technical and financial assistance to address climate challenges,” Malik said, welcoming the UK’s role in facilitating innovative financing and capacity-building programmes.
Under the Green Compact agreement, both countries will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to predict climate events and monitor endangered wildlife in Pakistan.
The Green Comact is a non-binding framework extending to 2030, through an Annual Action Plan with quarterly progress reviews aligned with climate priorities.
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According to Najam Sethi, threats to block Pakistan’s water, starve the country, or cross into its territory, including Azad Kashmir, would be treated as acts of war. He cautioned that any attempt to blockade Karachi or violate Pakistani sovereignty would invite a serious, possibly nuclear, response. “If Pakistan is not going to exist after this, then we might as well blow everybody else and go to heaven,” he said.
He also addressed Pakistan’s internal situation at the time of the incident. He said that the Pakistani Army Chief was responding to a devastating attack in Balochistan targeting a train carrying service members’ families, an act claimed by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a group that has publicly accepted foreign support, including from India.
