Senator Samina Zehri, PM’s aide Romina Khurshid agree to promote climate justice agenda
Islamabad: Chairperson of Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights, Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri and Coordinator to Prime Minister on Climate Change, Romina Khurshid Alam have reached a consensus to advocate for the integration of human rights into climate change policies in Pakistan.
During a bilateral meeting with PM's aide Ms Romina Khurshid here on Sunday, both sides also agreed to jointly work to roll out a viable action-plan to ensure that climate actions not only address environmental issues but also uphold and protect the rights of vulnerable communities affected by climate change in the country, especially in the highly climate vulnerable Balochistan province.
“Integrating human rights into climate change policy is essential to ensure that actions to tackle climate risks do ...