STAFF REPORT G-B: The three-day international conference on Mountain and Climate Change- Resources, Challenges and Opportunities for Better Life and Livelihoods has begun. The main objectives of the conference are to gel up the stakeholders including scientists, academicians, researchers, journalists, civil society, and policy makers etc. to mull for socio-economic change and improving life quality of people living in mountain areas by providing them viable livelihood opportunities which are inadequate and constantly quelling due to adverse impacts of climate change.
Senior official of WWF-Pak said on the inaugural session of the conference, “The conference is an ongoing effort to enhance communities resilient for better adaptation to climate change and mitigation through joint integrated efforts of the organizations and government counterparts”.
The conference was mutually organized by World Wide Fund Pakistan (WWF-Pak), Korakoram International University (KIU) Gilgit-Baltistan, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Integrated Mountain Area Research Centre (IMARC), and Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) along with other partners. The representatives from relevant departments of universities across Pakistan including NUST participated in the event and stressed the need of awareness on climate change issues at bottom level to effectively execute the climate change policy and work according to the Kyoto Protocol in order to reduce the carbon footprint of Pakistan.