ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s President, Dr Arif Alvi, on Monday called for improving energy efficiency, adopting sustainable practices, and changing attitudes and priorities to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change.
Mitigating carbon emissions involves transitioning to renewable energy sources, reforestation, improving energy efficiency, and adopting sustainable practices to curb the adverse impacts on the earth’s climate and ecosystems; the president said while addressing an event with respect to a project “Green Presidency of Pakistan” here at Aiwan-e-Sadr.
The Green Presidency of Pakistan is a flagship initiative under which a 1-megawatt solar PV system was installed, along with effective implementation of efficiency measures and energy conservation.
President Alvi said that the initiative would result in a reduction in energy usage by Aiwan-e-Sadr by 42.5 percent. This energy savings is equivalent to a plantation of 142,090 mature trees or a reduction of 3,144 tonnes of greenhouse gases.
He added that it is a matter of great pleasure that, out of 129 projects from around the globe, the Green Presidency Project of Pakistan has been conferred with the prestigious award of “International Energy Project of the Year 2023”.
President Expresses Gratitude for Association of Energy Engineers USA
He also thanked the Association of Energy Engineers USA for recognizing with the esteemed Best International Energy Project of the Year Award for 2023.
As regards the climate change impacts, the president said that the modern world, with changing attitudes and priorities, was becoming dangerous, which must be stopped.
He also called for promoting peace in the world and discouraging wars that were a major cause of deviating the world’s focus on mitigating global warming.
He said despite contributing less than one percent in carbon emissions, Pakistan suffered huge losses in devastating floods in 2022 that occurred due to climate change and global warming.
He recalled that despite abundant resources by the mid-20th century, the masses were conscious about utilizing natural resources, but now the attitudes and priorities had been changed, and the needs and wishes had been mixed, due to which they started using abundant resources for their ease.
