Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Gilani says climate change a ticking bomb


Gilani says climate change a ticking bombPrime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has expressed deep concern over the global climate change saying the humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb.

“The humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb that could send entire planet in to an epic destruction,” he said in his address at the screening of former US vice president Al Gore’s movie on climate change, “An Inconvenient Truth.” 

The climate change, he added, involved extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything the world has ever experienced. 

The Prime Minister said it is extremely worrisome to see that the consequences of global Climate Change will get worse if the quantum of human-generated greenhouse gases is not significantly reduced in the very near future. 

“The film proves that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue rather; it is the biggest moral challenges for our existence,” he said. 

He said the movie conveys the message of collective responsibility for which political will, proper mechanism and international support are required. 

The government, he said, has prioritized environment as one of the ‘E’ among other four Es. He said he has already declared the year 2009 as year of environment. He hoped that the event will help sensitizing all every one about the real threat ahead. 

He stressed the need to streamline and implement national policies on environment on war footing in combating the climate change along with the global community.

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