International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative Mahir Binci has said that climate change is causing long-term damage to Pakistan.
Binici stated while talking at a conference hosted by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has initiated the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) programme to support Pakistan in dealing with the challenges of climate change in the country.
Through the RSF loan programme, Pakistan will obtain $1.4 billion. The IMF representative verified that Pakistan can get funding through the RSF till 2027.
Binici stressed that Pakistan currently needs stronger protection against the impacts of environmental change. He urged Pakistan’s government to give priority to the climate issue in the next financial year.
He remarked that the country must develop its water infrastructure and increase climate-related funding at both the federal and provincial levels.
Binici also praised the initiative of introducing a carbon levy in Pakistan, calling it as a positive strategy towards sustainable growth.
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Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN Asim Iftikhar Ahmad has urged concerted international measures to integrate environmental considerations into conflict prevention, peacekeeping, and post-conflict recovery.
He highlighted the structural nexus between environment and security and advocated a paradigm shift toward preventive and sustainable peacebuilding. He cited Pakistan’s tangible contributions, noting how its troops in South Sudan and the CAR have pioneered eco-responsive initiatives, helping to preserve livelihoods and mitigate climate-related insecurity.
In a statement in the UN Security Council on the Environmental Impact of Armed Conflict and Climate-Driven Security Risks, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, decried India’s egregious dismantling of a mechanism that safeguarded equitable water distribution, exposing millions to heightened climate vulnerability.
According to the press release issued from the office of the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the UN, Ambassador Ahmed said that disrupting the Treaty, long hailed as a model of resilience even amid conflict, imperils regional stability, ecological balance, and weakens global confidence in the sanctity of international agreements.
