ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said that in wake of growing impacts of climate change, Pakistan’s biggest challenge was to adapt agriculture sector with climate change issues to ensure food security and boost country’s economic growth.

“We can build infrastructures and dams with such specifications that can withstand floods and heavy rainfalls but most challenging task for my country is to adapt our agriculture economy with climate change because it is going to affect our productivity negatively, as all seeds and all practices are not aligned with new challenges”, he said.

Giving presentation on Pakistan Floods 2022, Resilient Recovery, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Strategy at Pakistan Pavilion in Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Centre during COP27 he said government would try to develop research based seeds and practices that could withstand extreme weather condition such as extreme heat, cold or rainfalls. Similarly, he said government would mobilise all resources within government departments to work together to bring resilience in communities and governance structures. In Balochistan, he said all dams that were built over last 20 years were washed away due to floods while in Sindh, large number of people are still displaced due to floods. Due to floods, around 9 million people were pushed to poverty, 7.8 million people were facing food insecurity while 4.3 million lost their jobs.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 17 2022

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