As of March 2020, 80,000 jobs in the country have been offered as part of the nationwide tsunami program of 10 billion trees, Pakistani officials said. Since Pakistan closed its doors on March 23 to limit the spread of COVID-19, unemployed day laborers have been given new jobs as ‘jungle workers’ sowing seedlings as part of the country’s $ 10 billion.
The meeting was informed that 80,000 jobs under 10 BTTs were offered under the COVID-19 project,” reads a press release from the Prime Minister’s Office, referring to a meeting chaired by Climate Change Prime Minister Imran Khan. Committee “Emissions growth in Pakistan is 9% below the normal base value of the company and also below the NDC (national obligations).
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This climate-friendly shift was made possible by increased forest cover as a result of the successful Billion Tree Tsunami project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the ongoing Tsunami program for ten billion trees across the country,” the statement said.
The deforestation rate has decreased significantly from 12,000 hectares / year to 8,000 hectares / year between 2012 and 2016 and will continue to decline with the success of 10BTT. Pakistan contributed less than 1% to global emissions.
The Germanwatch described Pakistan in its latest report last month as the eighth country most vulnerable to climate change after 173 extreme weather events and then an estimated loss of $ 3.8 billion between 2000 and 2019.
Prime Minister Imran Khan is committed to make the Pakistan clean and green as well as the reduction in global pollution, PM also initiated the green transformation package for the Sahiwal to reduce the coal pollution.
