Pakistan - Climate Change Threatens Food Security - Post

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ISLAMABAD: Shahzad Ahmad, International Union for Conservation of Nature programme officer, has said climate change poses a food security threat and should be taken seriously to save coming generations from its hazardous effects.

IUCN has held forums and seminars across the country to discuss the issue and to create awareness among the people, he added. Shahzad said a seminar 'Climate Change: The phenomenon and its impacts' was held on March 18 at Muzaffarabad with collaboration of Environmental Protection Agency and IUCN. The purpose of the seminar was to raise awareness about the issue. A large number of stakeholders, including AJK government officials, researchers, representatives of civil society organizations, the media and university students attended the seminar.

Shahzad said the AJK government had initiated joint activities with IUCN's AJK Programme to address environmental challenges in the region.

Andrew McCoubrey, infrastructure and development adviser, Department for International Development, UK, emphasised that climate change was globally recognised as a major threat to prosperity and poverty alleviation.

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