Islamabad:
Experts from various sectors, educators and students promised to maintain the principles of environmental justice, justice and sustainability in their daily lives and business operations and promised to support and participate in efforts that promote climate insurance, nature protection, responsible consumption and environmental education.
Their commitment included compliance with national and international environmental legislation and support actions that comply with the objectives of sustainable development (SDG).
The promise also included recognition of the role of original knowledge and communities in environmental management and support for their participation and leadership in earth care initiatives. Participants also committed to adopting the zero waste philosophy – to redesign resource cycles so that all products are reused and no waste is sent to landfills, incinerators or the sea and to deny what they do not need and reduce what they need, reuse or reuse what is consumed.
The Earth Care Pant for a Zero Waste Pakistan was organized by the Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan) to mark World Earth Day on Tuesday in Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) with support from health security environment and quality department for oil and gas development company and Capital Smart City.
When we spoke at the national launch of the Zero Waste Pakistan campaign during Earth Care -promise to commemorate the Earth Day, the focal person emphasized for the Prime Minister’s youth program, Syeda AMNA Batool, the critical role that youth drive sustainable development and environmental management.
She paid tribute to the initiative as a timely and much needed step towards promoting waste reduction, responsible consumption and environmental awareness at the grassroots level. She highlighted the Zero Waste Pakistan campaign as a national call for action, and urged young people to take ownership of climate and environmental challenges and become masters of a cleaner, greener Pakistan.
Devcom -Pakistan -Founder and CEO Munir Ahmed said: “With over 140 million young people in the country we have the greatest human capital in our history. If it is meaningful, youth can transform Pakistan’s waste crisis into a circular economic opportunity. Earth’s care is a call for action -not just to reduce waste, but to mediate our consumption pattern completely.”
He said, “Devcom-Pakistan’s annual World Earth Day event focused on the launch of the Zero Waste Pakistan initiative. A zero waste Pakistan is not only a vision-it is a necessity. Through collective action, innovation and political reforms we can break free from plastic pollution and protect our environment for future generations houses and institutions garbage.
Guest speakers included President Alpine Club of Pakistan Abu Zafar Sadiq, Capital Smart City General Manager Sustainability Muhammad Ali Naseer, Ogdcl In-Charge Hseq Ashfaque Ali Khan, Technical Team Leader, Climate Agency Coordination Center SoHail Maqbool Malik, Environmental Research Aliya Agha, Fjwus leader Resourcing Coordination Center Sohail Maqbool Malik, Environmental Scientist Aliya Agha, Fjwus Assessoric Professor Drabess Abida Sharif, Estite of Remidel Experimentation and World Bank’s public sector development expert Kiran Afzal.
They recommended to introduce zero waste principles, environmental ethics and sustainability practices in school, university and university plans.
