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STAFF REPORT ISB: Speakers at a seminar have urged the need for protecting, sustaining and nourishing human capital in view of its direct conflict with climate change. They said human health was directly impacted by climate change, which also indirectly effects food quality, ecology and industry.
The seminar titled “Making Use of Natural and Human Capital” was arranged by SDPI.
SDPI Board of Governors members and researchers including Mome Saleem, Sadia Ishfaq, Shakeel Ramay, Salman Ata, Shafqat Kakakhel, Mohsin Iqbal and Nasir Mehmood and others discussed the issue.
The seminar highlighted that climate change meant a direct breakdown of the economy, while the human capital entailed any characteristic regarding skill of labour, knowledge, education and training.
They said climate will intercept all sectors of society, in areas of production, income and development and will further marginalise the already marginalised communities.
Dr Mohsin Iqbal stressed the need for educating the public about vulnerabilities and hazards they were exposed to so their contributions towards development did not fall.
Inspector General Forest Nasir Mehmood said that there was a need for real and quantifiable data with regards to ecosystem monitoring and sharing of such information between think tanks and government ministries will be a step in the right direction, while tackling the climate change issue.