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| Environmental Summit: US President Joe Biden's invitation to 40 world leaders to attend, Pakistan's name is not included |
US President Joe Biden has announced a Virtual Summit on Climate Change on April 22-23 and 40 world leaders have been invited.
According to a White House statement issued Friday, the virtual meeting will focus on preventing climate change, providing better jobs, developing more advanced technology and helping vulnerable countries.
According to the statement, President Biden wants world leaders to see the summit as an opportunity to show how their countries are doing a better job of tackling climate change.
It should be noted that this summit is taking place at a time when the United States has rejoined the Paris Agreement after the departure of former US President Donald Trump and a UN conference on the same subject is going to be held in Glasgow in November this year. Is.
Who has been invited to the summit?
The White House said in a statement that it had invited leaders from 17 countries responsible for about 80 percent of global carbon emissions and production.
"The president has also invited the heads of countries who have demonstrated strong climate leadership, who are most affected by environmental impacts, or who are using new methods to move their economies towards zero carbon emissions." Are doing.
"The summit will also be attended by small business and civil society leaders."
US invites Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and Bangladesh's Sheikh Hasina (right) to Climate Summit
President Biden called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi ruler Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, French President McKeown and European Commission President Arsala. Van Derline has invited other leaders.
According to a White House statement, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have also been invited to attend so that "major economies can step up their efforts to overcome the environmental crisis."
In addition to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Canadian President Justin Trudeau, leaders from South Africa, Vietnam, South Korea, Nigeria, Mexico, Kenya, Indonesia, Bhutan and Brazil have also been invited for a virtual participation.
'Why isn't Imran Khan on the list?'
In response to the news on social media, many users have questioned why Pakistan was not included in the list and why the Prime Minister of Pakistan was not invited to the virtual meeting.
"Many in Pakistan are unhappy that Imran Khan will not be among the participants," Michael Kogelman wrote.
He added: "Among the invitees were the top US allies, the second most polluting country, the third most affected by the environment. Pakistan was eligible under the third condition.
"Pakistan seems to have solved the environmental problem," Ismail Khan said in a sarcastic tweet.
He added: "But the serious thing is that it is an injustice that Imran Khan was not invited to speak on an issue that is very important to him."
"Pakistan is one of the 10 countries most affected by environmental impact," said Saleem Ali.
Ali Rafique commented that "regionally, Sheikh Hasina was invited from Bangladesh and Narendra Modi from India but not Imran Khan from Pakistan." Some people suggest that climate change should be a key factor in Pakistan-US relations.
According to Gharida Farooqi, it "assesses the importance of Pakistan in the global arena and the role of the Ministry of Climate Change." While Ajmal Jami wrote that he is 'surprised not to see Imran Khan in this list'.
"Why has President Biden ignored the country that launched the Billion Tree Tsunami Project?" Hamid Mir asked.
But some users insist it doesn't matter.
A user named Sohail writes that 'Billion Tree has been praised and imitated by the World Economic Forum, the United Nations and countless other institutions around the world. Let go of the mentality that we will not be honored until the certificate comes from there. We all deserve Pakistan's respect in the world, not the United States.
Asma Usman jokes, "I think Pakistan has been elected president of climate change and such a summit. Pakistan will not be invited because Pakistan will preside
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