Marriyum says efforts underway to tackle climate change

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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb, while addressing a seminar on climate change, said that efforts were needed to deal with the challenges of the climate change and to create awareness among the masses.

The minister further said that the media could play a significant role in informing the people about the government policies and scientific information on the climate change.

Marriyum said that media had played a very significant role in highlighting Pakistan’s identity among the fraternity of nations and it could also play a similar role in dealing with challenges related to climate change.

She further said that there was also a sub-committee of the secretariat on climate change where all the parties were represented and it was doing a commendable job.

She appreciated the efforts of Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) and United Nation Development Program (UNDP) for organising the seminar and also producing a guidebook for journalists regarding reporting issues pertaining to climate change.

The seminar was attended by a big number of journalists, Senior Vice  President CPNE Shaheen Qureshi, Vice President Mehtab Khan,  Director UNDP, editors of the newspaper and representatives of electronic and print media.