Published 10:38 IST, September 21st 2019
Imran Khan humbled; Pak's Climate Change Min protests against own govt
Pakistan Climate Change Minister Zartaj Gul staged a protest against her own government in Pakistan asking for a change climate policy on Friday.
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Pakistan Climate Change Minister Zartaj Gul std a protest against her own government in Pakistan asking for a change climate policy on Friday. incident occurred when world's youth took streets from Kabul to New York and Belgium to Banglesh to demonstrate against climate crisis.
global event that saw participation of over 150 countries, along with Pakistan. In Islamab, protests were led by state minister for climate change Zartaj Gul Wazir. According to reports, Pakistan Minister demanded for changes in climate policy to Imran Khan government, as she walked in 'Fridays for Future' movement with youth of country to raise awareness over climate change.
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In a video mess, Zartaj Gul said that country was facing verse effects of climate change and is among most vulnerable countries to face wrath of changing climate.
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She said, " nation should participate in march to make world leers and major contributors to environmental degration and global warming realize ir responsibility to help to develop vulnerable countries mitigate impacts of climate change."
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Climate change protest
Young people afraid for ir futures protested around globe Friday to implore leers to tackle climate change, turning out by hundreds of thousands to insist that warming world can’t wait any longer.
demonstrations were partly inspired by activism of Swedish teenr Greta Thunberg, who has std weekly “Fridays for Future” demonstrations for a year, urging world leers to step up efforts against climate change.
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“It’s such a victory,” Thunberg told Associated Press in an interview in New York. “I would never have predicted or believed that this was going to happen, and so fast — and only in 15 months.”
Scientists have warned that global warming will subject Earth to rising seas and more heat waves, droughts, storms and flooding, some of which have alrey manifested mselves.
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Protests across world
Marches, rallies and demonstrations were held from Canberra to Kabul and Cape Town to New York. More than 100,000 turned out in Berlin. Smaller protests took place in Asia, including in Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Hong Kong and India. In Afghan capital of Kabul, an armored personnel carrier was deployed to protect about 100 young people as y marched, led by a group of several young women carrying a banner emblazoned with “Fridays for Future.”
(With AP inputs)
10:19 IST, September 21st 2019