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00:00 The thing is that it's 9 to 10, and 10 to 11 will be with you.
00:04 And obviously, we compile things in this way so that you have some knowledge.
00:10 And after that, you stay connected with us.
00:14 So that you know how informative our show is.
00:17 Right, Sada?
00:18 Absolutely, and we want to tell you that whether it's in the field of technology,
00:23 or entertainment, or whatever is happening there.
00:26 And obviously, the speed at which we are working in every field,
00:30 if we don't mention that, we miss out on a lot of things.
00:33 Especially if we talk about technology, AI, and God knows what else.
00:37 India has gone to the moon, and now Elon Musk is talking about going to Mars.
00:42 So, Mars is the farthest, I think, planet.
00:45 We are not free from eating Mars.
00:48 Mars or mass?
00:50 Okay, you are talking about Mars?
00:51 No, I am talking about Mars.
00:52 Mars, both Mars, M-A-R-S.
00:55 No, I am talking about the meat.
00:57 Okay, that one.
00:58 My apologies.
00:59 So, the thing is that there are so many things that need to be done.
01:03 Now, we will talk about the weather.
01:04 Smog has created a mess.
01:06 And the dry weather in Karachi.
01:07 Everyone is sick.
01:09 Left, right, center, cough, cough, etc.
01:12 You see, this is a very problematic thing.
01:15 This season is so long, that people think that cough and cold is a normal thing.
01:22 But every year, whenever October or November happens, this happens.
01:26 And people clap.
01:28 For example, you must have seen wrestling.
01:30 The fake wrestling.
01:31 In that, when one person was fed up of getting beaten up, he would clap and call the other one.
01:36 Now, it is a matter of illness.
01:37 When one person is sick, he starts getting better, and he claps and calls the other one.
01:40 I have very little knowledge about wrestling.
01:42 Thank you for informing.
01:43 I did not even know that it was fake.
01:45 Before going on the break, climate activist Zainab Waheed was present.
01:49 Let's go to her again.
01:51 And we will try to talk to her.
01:53 Tell us, among so many people, when she got this fellowship, what was the merit?
01:59 1400 requests from all over the world.
02:01 Let's refresh your memory.
02:03 UNICEF Youth for Science Fellowship Programme was selected for 2024.
02:09 11 candidates from USA, UK, Turkey, Egypt, Maldives, and other countries have also become part of the fellowship.
02:15 Out of 1400, there are 11-12 people.
02:18 And the only student from Pakistan is Zainab.
02:20 Thank you so much for joining us, Zainab Waheed.
02:22 Good morning.
02:23 Tell us, if there is anything, it has a purpose.
02:28 You are a climate activist.
02:30 What is your intention to achieve with this UNICEF fellowship?
02:36 Thank you so much for having me.
02:38 I am very thankful to you for giving me this opportunity and recognition.
02:43 This UNICEF Foresight Fellowship, all the 11 candidates from all over the world will not only be part of UNICEF's global research, but will also work with their country offices.
02:59 I will be doing research and contribute to UNICEF's annual research.
03:05 This will be done at a global level. And in Pakistan, I will be working with UNICEF's country offices on national level advocacy projects.
03:13 The word foresight in UNICEF Foresight Fellowship is very interesting.
03:19 This is a new field, futuristic thinking and foresight.
03:22 In this, we learn how to determine our future and how to gain control over our future.
03:32 Instead of sitting idle and moving towards the future, we learn how to make our future.
03:42 There are many steps, strategies and tools.
03:46 Is it a practical approach or theoretical approach?
03:51 Or can we participate practically?
03:53 It is not about theory at all. It is practical.
03:58 Recently, this field has been introduced.
04:02 In this, corporates, governments and international organizations first decide which future they want to go towards.
04:09 And then they decide their path.
04:12 Instead of going the other way, we sit idle and move towards the future.
04:17 It is a complicated field.
04:19 To explain this, we have 2-hour workshops every week.
04:23 The purpose of these workshops is to empower young people to determine their future.
04:32 We talk to young people and take their advice.
04:37 This is how we make strategies for our international organizations and governments.
04:43 It is not theoretical at all.
04:45 Please tell me, and add this to our information.
04:50 Climate change and global warming is a real thing.
04:53 We see its impact everywhere.
04:56 Not having rain on time, having more than necessary on time,
05:01 then after that, having it after time,
05:03 then the weather pattern has changed.
05:08 Accordingly, I am sure work should be done in Pakistan.
05:11 For example, crops that used to have a different timing,
05:15 now with the passage of time, they should be modified.
05:18 Global warming and climate change are interconnected.
05:23 Is your assessment in Pakistan working at the same pace at the government level?
05:29 Or is there a need for further improvement?
05:32 So that we can compete with the world and global warming, climate change.
05:37 To compete with climate change, we have to address the root cause of climate change.
05:43 Which is to reduce our global carbon emissions.
05:46 Carbon emissions come from fossil fuel industries and developed countries.
05:51 Rich western developed countries are doing well.
05:56 Because our carbon emissions are less than 1%.
05:59 Yes, that's the point.
06:02 Exactly, our carbon emissions are less than 1% and we are suffering the most.
06:07 Whereas those who have the most carbon emissions are suffering the least.
06:11 So this is climate injustice.
06:13 And if we want to compete with climate change, as you asked,
06:16 then we have to reduce carbon emissions.
06:18 For which we need clean energy.
06:21 And see, in poor countries like ours, who have so many problems of hunger,
06:25 problems of economy, problems of unemployment,
06:27 in all these problems, we cannot prioritize climate change.
06:31 And even if we do, it will be an unrealistic expectation.
06:34 Whereas rich countries have the capacity to solve climate change.
06:38 But every year they get fired from annual climate conferences like COPs.
06:43 And even in those COPs, there is no solid thing, no meaningful thing.
06:46 So this is the basic problem.
06:48 My question was this, but from a different perspective.
06:51 That realistically speaking, our carbon emissions are very low.
06:55 We cannot influence them so much that they listen to us.
06:59 Obviously, we need leverage for that.
07:01 My question was, how can we deal with this right now?
07:04 In the sense, the way the patterns are changing,
07:06 with climate change and global warming,
07:08 our crops should be a little behind the times they are now.
07:13 So we have to ensure our food security as well.
07:16 Because we are becoming a food insecure country.
07:18 In short, we have to make our infrastructure such that
07:22 we can cope up with climate change or natural disasters.
07:27 Or we can reduce food scarcity.
07:30 So what do we have to do for that?
07:32 Like, specifically talking about agriculture,
07:36 we have the technologies to make our agriculture climate resilient.
07:42 To make it able to cope with climate, heat waves and floods.
07:46 So that food security is ensured.
07:48 So my point is that all these problems have solutions.
07:53 They exist.
07:54 But to bring them to a large scale, we need investment.
07:58 And since poor countries don't have investment,
08:00 we demand from climate criminals to give us climate finance.
08:05 To give us reparations for their climate crimes.
08:08 Because we are suffering so much loss,
08:11 we can use these technologies to save ourselves
08:14 and ensure our survival.
08:16 Okay, Zainab, tell us one more thing.
08:18 Because we don't have the existing capacity.
08:20 How long will your fellowship last?
08:22 And tell us about your studies.
08:25 For sure.
08:28 This fellowship will run for a year.
08:30 As I said, there will be research.
08:33 There will be on-ground work.
08:35 We will give people information about foresight in Pakistan.
08:39 And it is also related to studies.
08:42 We will try to include advocacy in our calculations.
08:47 And now I am in A-levels, as you asked about education.
08:50 And I am doing climate activism.
08:53 Thank you so much, Zainab.
08:54 I must say that you have a lot of guests.
08:57 But the way you are talking, it is such a happy tone.
09:00 The way you talk, it is such a positive tone.
09:02 Such an optimistic tone.
09:03 Yes, optimistic.
09:04 And you have explained us the difficult topics very easily.
09:07 What is climate injustice?
09:09 Who are climate criminals?
09:10 And we are the victims of climate injustice.
09:12 Thank you so much, Zainab.
09:13 Because we are poor.
09:14 Yes.
09:15 No, we don't have that kind of infrastructure.
09:18 We have never worked on it.
09:19 We need investment. We need more money.