Karachi: Experts launched a climate change campaign called ‘Climate Sheros’ at Karachi University (KU) recently, in collaboration with Oxfam-Pakistan and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P), according to a news report.
This campaign provides a platform for academics, experts, government representatives, and the media to discuss the role of coastal communities and the youth in conservation efforts. Speakers at the event emphasised on the need for nature-based solutions to climate change, such as increasing forest cover, conserving water resources, promoting renewable energy, and carrying out large-scale plantation efforts.
Oxfam and the WWF have initiated mangrove plantation efforts
in the Indus Delta on a large scale, with 30,000 mangroves to be planted in
Keti Bundar in the first phase.
Senator Sassui Palijo stated that the coastal belt of Sindh was
highly vulnerable to climate change, which has also adversely affected the
locals’ livelihood. She emphasised on realigning older projects in order to
preserve the fertile land in the area.
