RAWALPINDI (APP) - Prime Minister’s Coordinator for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Romina Khurshid Alam on Tuesday said the role of the private sector in promoting renewable energy was very important as it would reduce environmental pollution and help cope with the effects of climate change.
He expressed these views while inaugurating a 120-KW solar power project at a private beverage manufacturing factory in Rawalpindi.
The Prime Minister’s Coordinator on Climate Change said that Pakistan is paying a heavy price due to the adverse effects of climate change on various socio-economic sectors, especially agriculture, energy and water, and addressing these adverse effects is the potential of the industrial and private sector which is impossible without assistance.
She said that as the effects of climate change are becoming increasingly evident, the private sector in Pakistan can play an important role in reducing carbon emissions due to climate change and promoting sustainable business practices.
Romina Khurshid Alam said that businesses in various industries in the country have started realizing their responsibility to reduce carbon emissions, but efforts need to be accelerated to contribute to the green future of the country.
The Prime Minister’s Aide said that private sector involvement is essential not only to achieve carbon reduction targets but also to achieve wider economic and social benefits in the fight against climate change in line with the government’s green and clean energy policies and programmes.
Briefing Prime Minister’s Coordinator Romina Khurshid Alam, a senior representative of the beverage firm said that the solar energy project will generate 166,440 units per year to electrify beverages, which will help plant 7,000 trees annually.