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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan faces a finance gap and a lack of technical capacity in its fight against climate change, but the government is actively pursuing policies that integrate climate action across all sectors.

This was the gist of separate remarks made by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, on Friday.

Speaking at a ceremony held to mark the World Day of Glaciers at NDMA Headquarters on Friday, the finance minister said that sustainable economic and environmental growth were correlated, and reiterated the government’s commitment to promoting environmentally stable growth.

He highlighted Pakistan’s growing recognition of climate change as an existential threat, citing concerns such as severe flooding and escalating pollution levels in major cities.

Recalling the ‘super floods’ of 2022, he called them a terrible example of environmental imbalance, saying that it had been identified as a major challenge for the future.

He said that in order to achieve environmental sustainability, the........

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