Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis called on Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman in Islamabad to discuss cooperation in climate disasters, emergency relief operations and rehabilitation measures.

Earlier, Pakistan and Switzerland signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to deal with the effects of climate change.

Speaking on the occasion, Sherry Rehman shed light on the environmental crisis facing Pakistan, the challenge of climate finance and the government’s active initiatives and plans to deal with the effects of climate change.

She said around 33 million people were affected by floods last year and the government has already launched several projects to mitigate the effects of climate change.

The Minister said Pakistan is still waiting for the commitments made in Geneva by the COP28 President, reiterating commitment to accelerate and scale up climate financing.

Source: Radio Pakistan