Seminar on “Youth for A Cooler Planet” held in Chitral

Chitral, Nov 16 (APP): A non-governmental organization, Helping Hand on Thursday arranged a one-day seminar titled “Youth for A Cooler Planet” at a local hotel in Chitral.
Hamid Ahmad Mir, an environment expert, spoke at the seminar about how smoking, pollution and carbonyl gases are changing the planet and how climate change is affecting it.
According to experts, abrupt floods brought on by global warming cause significant financial and human losses by melting centuries-old glaciers that sit atop the Chitral Mountains. In order to reduce the damages ratio in the event of a natural disaster, experts recommended the younger generation to plant an increasing number of saplings to preserve their planet (the world) from global warming and the detrimental consequences of climate change.
Experts from a variety of professions participated in a panel discussion throughout the seminar and addressed questions from the attendees. Participants protested that the eight billion rupee GLOF-II project, which is funded by the UNDP and aims to protect people from the loss of glaciers exploding in mountainous areas, just seems to be verbally depositing money rather than doing any actual work.
In response to his inquiry, Zaheeruddin Ajaz, President of the Chitral Press Club, stated, “This is only partially accurate. The GLOF-II Project recently paid us a visit in Chitral and Swat, Dir., where they built community centers, irrigation canals, protection walls, and other structures to shield the residents of flood-affected areas from more damage.
According to information shared during the seminar, people in Chitral frequently burn wood for cooking and heating in the winter to stay warm. While this causes smoke to rise, it also places a heavy burden on the forests, which has a detrimental effect on the environment. In order to lessen the pressure on the forest, they urged that the government supply the residents of Chitral with inexpensive electricity or gas as a substitute fuel for cooking and heating.
According to Shuja-ul-Haq, the primary goal of this seminar was to raise public awareness, particularly among the younger generation, about their role in protecting the environment from harm.
According to Nasreen Bibi, we all have an obligation to clean up our environment and prevent negative effects from occurring because women and children are more vulnerable to natural disasters and cannot flee. Many men and women attended the seminar, which concluded with a prayer asking Allah Almighty to shield Pakistan from all natural disasters and evil.