Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on the international community to keep its promises on climate financing, declaring that loading more debts on vulnerable nations is not a solution to the climate crisis.
Prime Minister Shehbaz underlined the acute vulnerability of Pakistan, noting that the country is still recovering from the devastating floods of 2022 which caused more than $ 30 billion in losses. He added that this year’s monsoon season had already “assigned more than five million people, destroyed 4,100 villages and claimed more than 1,000 precious lives”.
Despite less than 1% to global greenhouse gas emissions, Pakistan “bears impacts far beyond us,” said the Prime Minister. However, he reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to his climatic objectives, having already achieved his unconditional objective of a 15% reduction in emissions projected by 2030.
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Despite Pakistan’s minimal role in the cause of world programs, the Prime Minister said the country supported a disproportionate charge of the impacts. He reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to climate action, announcing new objectives to generate 62% of the energy of renewable energies and hydroelectricity by 2035 and move 30% transport to electrical energy.
The official data of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reveal the heavy assessment of the 2025 monsoon season, recording at least 956 deaths and 1,062 injuries between June 26 and September 12.
Human loss was the most acute in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, with 504 and 268 deaths respectively, mainly sudden floods and collapse of buildings. The destruction has extended to infrastructure, with more than 8,480 damaged houses, nearly 6,500 cattle lost and more than 1,100 kilometers of roads and bridges destroyed across the country.
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In response, a large -scale rescue effort has been mounted, involving 5,399 rescue operations that have evacuated nearly 2.8 million people, while the emergency and medicine camps have provided shelter for 101,000 displaced people and treatment for more than 355,000 patients.
UN secretary general António Guterres called for new ambitious national plans. “Clean is competitive and climate action is imperative,” he said, putting pressure on a clear strategy to deliver $ 1.3 billion to annual climate financing.
He urged nations to submit new solid climatic plans for 2035, stressing that the next COP30 in Brazil must offer a “credible global response plan”. This includes a concrete path to mobilize the $ 1.3 billion per year in climate funding by 2035.
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Guterres also called for a “effective debt relief” for developing countries, which suffer from the most from one crisis they have done to cause the least.
