Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, informed the international community that Pakistan is working on a plan to convert at least 30 percent of its road vehicles to electric cars by 2030.
The Ambassador was speaking at a virtual meeting of the Group of Friends on Climate Change, in New York. He cautioned that if the developing countries are not given enough support in their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, they will fail to fulfill their commitments towards the creation of a clean, and healthy environment.
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He said,
If developing countries are destitute, if there are humanitarian disasters, if we are unable to recover from COVID, I think all other actions for many developing countries will become irrelevant. So urgent and immediate actions are needed.
Ambassador Akram urged the leading countries in the world to fulfill their commitments on climate change, and the major emitters of harmful gases to step forward and work towards the creation of a safer, cleaner environment for all.
He said, “There are positive indications, I agree, but I believe that these should be made much clearer as we go forward, especially from the biggest country, the United States. We look forward to what the new US administration will have to say in the coming months.”
Urging the world’s leading nations to fulfill their pledge for the hundred billion annual commitment on climate finance, Ambassador Akram said, “I think for many developing countries that will be an acid test.”
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He said that despite Pakistan being the smallest carbon emitter in the world, it is the 5th most vulnerable country to climate change.
The Pakistani envoy stated, “We have an extensive and ambitious plan, both on adaptation, [and] mitigation. We are also a champion on financing investment in renewable energy, and we look forward to playing that role as well.”
He highlighted the need for tangible progress on development transfer and technology deployment in developing countries. Back in August, Pakistan revealed its plan to increase the share of renewable energy by 4 percent, taking it to 30 percent by 2030.
In the first phase, the aim is to boost the share of renewables in the power mix to 30 percent. Then by 2030, the target is to increase the share of clean energy in its electricity mix to 65 percent.
However, the plans to construct seven more coal-fired power plants under the flagship China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project will be a major hurdle in the achievement of this target.
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