Islamabad:
Experts from various sectors, educators and students have undertaken to maintain the principles of environmental justice, equity and sustainability in their daily life and their business operations, and have promised to support and engage in efforts that promote climate resilience, nature conservation, responsible consumption and environmental education.
Their commitment included respect for national and international environmental laws and to support actions that correspond to sustainable development objectives (SDGs).
The commitment also included recognition of indigenous knowledge and the role of local communities in environmental management and support for their participation and their leadership in earth care initiatives. Participants also undertook to adopt zero waste philosophy – to rethink the life cycles of resources so that all the products are reused, and no trash can be sent to landfills, incinerators or the ocean, and to refuse what they do not need, and to reduce what they need, to reuse or recycle what is consumed.
The guarantee of land care for a zero waste Pakistan was organized by the development of communications (DevCom-Pakistan) to mark World Earth Day on Tuesday in Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) with the support of the health security environment and the quality of the petroleum and gas development company and the intelligent capital in capital.
Speaking during the national launch of the Zero Wasten Pakistan campaign in the commitment of earth care to commemorate the day of the earth, the focal point for the Prime Minister’s youth program, Syeda Amna Batool, stressed the essential role of young people in the conduct of sustainable development and the environment.
She praised the initiative as a timely and well -necessary step towards promoting waste reduction, responsible consumption and environmental consciousness at the local level. Stressing the Pakistan Zero Waste campaign as a national appeal for action, it urged young people to appropriate climatic and environmental challenges and to become a cleaner and greener Pakistan.
The founder and executive director of Devcom -Pakistan, Mnir Ahmed, said: “With more than 140 million young people in the country, we have the greatest human capital in our history. If we are significantly engaged, young people can transform the Pakistan waste crisis into a circular economy opportunity. The guarantee of terrestrial care is a call to action – not only to reduce waste, but to rethink our consumption reasons.
He said: “The annual event of World Terk Day of Devcom-Pakistan focused on the launch of the Pakistan Zero Waste initiative. Houses and institutions will lead the company to Zero Pakistan.”
Guest speakers included President Alpine Club of Pakistan Abu Zafar Sadiq, CEO director Smart City, Sustainability, Muhammad Ali Naseer, OGDCL in charge of coordination of OGDCL, Sohail Maqbool Malik, Divimilative Alights Expert in the Public Sector Kiran Afzal.
They recommended to introduce zero waste principles, environmental ethics and sustainability practices in school, college and university programs.
