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KARACHI: Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman has been listed in the Forbes 50 Over 50: Asia 2023 list of women for her leading role at COP27 for a Loss and Damage Fund, to channel money from rich countries to poor ones that have suffered climate-related disasters.
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Forbes, introducing 50 women over age 50 from Asia-Pacific who are reaching new heights in their industries and inspiring the region’s next generation and producing in partnership with Mika Brzezinski and Know Your Value, said “meet the women working across technology, pharmaceuticals, art and politics and beyond who are proving that success comes at any age.”
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Praising Sherry Rehman, Forbes wrote “aAt the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), Rehman made global news, suggesting a new deal to channel money from rich countries to poor ones that have suffered climate-related disasters. A former journalist, information minister and ambassador to the U.S., Rehman was the first female to hold office as Leader of Opposition in the Senate in 2018. She was appointed Pakistan’s Minister of Climate Change in April 2022. Rehman has received various awards, including Pakistan’s highest civil award, the Nishan-e-Imtiaz. She co-authored Five Hundred Years of The Kashmiri Shawl, published in 2006, and was awarded the R. L. Shep Textiles Book Award from the Textile Society of America. In 2022, Rehman was named among 25 Most Influential Women in 2022 by Financial Times.”
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