Pakistan produces plastic trash equivalent to the might of two K2 mountains: Sherry Rehman

Minister for Climate Change emphasizes the need of shaping narratives to climate change.

Islamabad: “Pakistan produces plastic trash equivalent to the might of two K2 mountains annually, and having signed the plastic treaty in Paris recently, I would request at least the big hotels to get rid of the plastic bottles that they’re serving water in”, said Senator Sherry Rehman, Federal Minister for Climate Change at the concluding session of the Leaders in Islamabad Business Summit held here.

Speaking about going green for safety and survival, Sherry emphasized the need of shaping narratives to climate change.

In a conversation with Mosharraf Zaidi, Founder, Tabadlab, Senator Rehman pushed the local pollution agenda as strongly as the international one, and she stated that Pakistan’s adaptive capacity for compliance with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is in question.

Despite being a low emitter, Pakistan is a frontline state for climate change. She defined corporate CSR as too limited for the required effect. She stressed that more needs to be done for inclusivity, and rethink is in order. She urged media organizations to stop politicizing climate change and give sufficient space to discourse around it.