KABUL (SW) – With the arrival of the global week of climate change, the caretaker government officials say that Afghanistan is the sixth country affected by climate change in the world.
Abdul Salam Hanafi, the administrative deputy of the Prime Minister’s Office, made these statements on Sunday in a program held in Kabul on the occasion of climate change week.
Hanafi said: “Unfortunately, Afghanistan been severely affected by the effects of climate change and the excessive use of arms and ammunition. According to reports, Afghanistan is the sixth country affected by climate change.”
Meanwhile, other caretaker government officials in this program said that climate change has seriously damaged natural resources such as water resources, forests, and the agricultural sector in the past few years.
Attaullah Omari, Acting Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, said: “Climatic changes in Afghanistan cause an increase in natural events, permanent droughts, floods, the spread of various animal diseases, poverty and an increase in the number of internally displaced people.”
Hafez Azizul Rahman, the head of the National Environmental Protection Agency, also said in this program that everyone should do their responsibility in the field of environmental protection. He said: “Each one of us and you must fulfill our responsibility in the environmental sector and we must understand, feel and act in relation to climate change.”
In this program, the authorities of the Islamic Emirate emphasized that Afghanistan is the sixth country in the world that is facing the destructive and negative consequences of climate change. According to them, despite the fact that Afghanistan has a small share in the production of greenhouse gases, it has suffered more damage from it.
In this program, the caretaker government officials also aasked he international community to cooperate with this country in the fight against climate change. Dozens of international projects in the field of climate change have been stopped in Afghanistan for more than two years now due to of funds.
Abdul Kabir, political deputy of the Prime Minister’s Office, said: “We want justice from the world regarding environmental rights and we expect them to cooperate with us in the fight against climate change and restart environmental projects without considering political issues.”
It should be mentioned that in recent years, due to the occurrence of natural disasters caused by climate changes, such as floods and successive droughts, in addition to the loss of life, many financial losses have also been caused to the citizens of Afghanistan.
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