Global Climate Change Week marked in Kabul

National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) officials say that Afghanistan has the smallest share in the production of greenhouse gases, but suffers the most damage from climate change in the world.

Marking Global Climate Change Week on Monday in Kabul, the agency officials called on the international community to cooperate more with Afghanistan in this issue and also to invite the representative of Afghanistan to global meetings on climate change so that the wishes of the people are reflected.

“This issue should not be politicized, this is a human issue, this is a health issue and climate change has affected 40 million Afghans,” said Abdulsalam Haqqani, deputy financial and administrative head of NEPA.

Meanwhile, the Office of the United Nations in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in the meeting that they are committed to supporting the people of Afghanistan and their priority is to provide more financial aid to Afghanistan.

“Climate change is a big challenge for all humans. In the current situation, UNAMA will continue to support the people of Afghanistan with everything in its power, and we have always raised the problems to the higher level of the organization. In the address of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan, we have reminded about the climate changes and the problems of the Afghan people and we will continue our petition,” said a representative of UNAMA.

Meetings about climate change have already been held in Balkh, Kandahar, Herat, Bamiyan and Nangarhar provinces.