Celebrating World’s Environment Day
05 June 2021 | Pakistan is tremendously susceptible to the impacts of climate change, stemming from its reliance on climate-sensitive sectors, including agriculture, water, and natural resources. To this end, immediate Climate action is required by stepping-up efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to strengthen the resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-induced impacts. Supporting this cause, the Local Empowerment, Advocacy and Development (LEAD) for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Localisation in Pakistan (LEAD4SDGs) celebrated the environment day on June 5, 2021 with full zeal and enthusiasm. The activity is being implemented in consultation with the Local Councils Associations of Sindh. Couple of activities were conducted in Karachi which were mainly aimed at raising awareness among the masses on the importance of climate action and to inculcate a sense of responsibility particularly among youth to keep the environment clean and green. On day event was organized at Frere Hall Karachi, Sindh in collaboration with the Youth Parliament. Youth Parliament is a not-for-profit organization working to bring youth at one platform to train and nurture leadership, citizenship, democratic and civic values. An orientation session was organized for these University students on sustainable development goals, climate action, global warming and environmental protection. Students worked together in groups to identify the root causes of environmental degradation in Pakistan with a particular focus on the metropolitan city, Karachi with Page 1 of 2