The Austrian World Summit Acknowledges PM Imran Khan’s Efforts To Combat Climate Change

Austrian World Summit 2020 – The Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative – is scheduled to take place on May 25-26 in Vienna, Austria.

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Bolo Jawan has learnt from a reliable source that Prime Minister Imran Khan has received an invitation for the coveted Austrian World Summit 2020.

.@Schwarzenegger ist ein starker Partner im Kampf gegen die Erderhitzung und ich freue mich, dass wir auch heuer wieder gemeinsam den @ClimateAWS in Wien veranstalten. #R20AWS pic.twitter.com/0BD8O6nrnR

— A. Van der Bellen (@vanderbellen) January 28, 2020

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The invitation serves as an acknowledgement for both the Government of Pakistan as well as Prime Minister Imran Khan as strong and important partners in the climate action alliance.

If we want to halt #biodiversity loss and stop #climatechange, we need #naturebasedsolutions.

🌳🌴#Reforestation would be a key solution.🌲🌳

Here are some phenomenal examples of how countries around the 🌍 are planting trees to protect our #environment.pic.twitter.com/bwD699VSCN

— ipbes (@IPBES) October 30, 2019

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The Summit will provide an opportunity to PM Khan to take part in bilateral meetings with the Austrian President and other heads of state.

4m premature deaths each year and 8bn Dollar a day – these are the sad consequences from air pollution caused by burning fossil fuels. This huge issue will be again one of our topics @ClimateAWS on May 26th/27th https://t.co/WBwm0muHtY

— SchwarzeneggerClimateInitiative (@ArnoldSCI) February 13, 2020

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At the conference in the Hofburg Palace, (if attended) the Prime Minister will engage with influential climate leaders to forge partnerships, exchange ideas and accelerate local, regional and global collaborations.

Arnold @Schwarzenegger just met Chancellor @sebastiankurz to discuss details of this year's AUSTRIAN WORLD SUMMIT. We are glad to announce that Vice-president of the @EU_Commission @TimmermansEU and Jane Goodall @JaneGoodallInst have confirmed their participation. #ClimateAction pic.twitter.com/2bp5fqrmdx

— SchwarzeneggerClimateInitiative (@ArnoldSCI) January 28, 2020

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The summit will close with an outdoor Climate Kirtag festival.

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Last year, Imran Khan spoke at length about the grave challenges posed by climate change at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

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The motto for this year’s summit is “Be the solution.”

The countdown is on! 100 days until our fourth @ClimateAWS. This year's motto is: "Be the Solution" – so we are looking forward to presenting tangible examples and new ideas on May 26th! #ClimateAWS pic.twitter.com/PGRcC8ZA4a

— SchwarzeneggerClimateInitiative (@ArnoldSCI) February 16, 2020

Pakistan is among the handful of countries in the world with a dedicated Ministry of Climate Change.