Director General Climate Change Division of Pakistan called upon with the President ECOSF

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Mr. Irfan Tariq, Director General Climate Change Division, Government of Pakistan and his team called upon the President ECO Science Foundation Prof. Dr. Manzoor H. Soomro at his office in ECOSF on 17 August 2015. Mr. Tariq discussed the proposal of ECO Secretariat to organize 6th Working Group Meeting on Environment in Islamabad-Pakistan.

It is pertinent to mention that ECO Science Foundation in collaboration with Government of Pakistan, ECO Secretariat and ECO Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ECO-IEST) had organized the 1st Meeting of Experts on Climate Change and Biodiversity from ECO member states in Islamabad, Pakistan from 29-30 November 2013. The delegations of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Host), the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Turkey, as well as the ECO Secretariat delegation had attended the meeting. In the follow up, three more meetings were held in; Nairobi (Kenya), Istanbul and Safranbolu (Turkey).

The Climate Change has become the major issue of the ECO Region Pakistan especially with reference to floods during the last five years all over the country and high spell of monsoon rains which have played a havoc in the country. Climate Change is a serious issue which needs comprehensive discussion and well-coordinated programme to tackle the calamities.

Keeping in view the environmental situation in Pakistan, it was mutually agreed in principle to organize 6th ECO Working Group Meeting on Environment in Islamabad-Pakistan tentatively in January 2016. Meanwhile, the expenditures and logistics will be worked out. President ECOSF assured all possible support for organizing the meeting.