Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif left Islamabad on Sunday for the Egyptian tourist resort of Sharm El-Sheikh to participate in the “Climate Implementation Summit” being held on Monday and Tuesday.
The Sharm El-Sheikh summit is part of the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP-27). Shehbaz will lead a high-level Pakistan delegation at the two-day conference.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office Media Wing, Shehbaz will also participate in other high-level events, including the UN secretary general’s roundtable to launch the ‘Early Warning Systems for Executive Action Plan’.
On Monday (today), he will also attend the ‘Middle East Green Initiative Summit’, being hosted by the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Saudi Arabia Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The COP27 is taking place at a time when millions of people in Pakistan, and millions more in other parts of the world, are facing severe adverse impacts of climate change, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said in a related press release.
