Karachi: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday said that they must prepare on war-footing to deal with climate change and to avert the upcoming floods.Addressing the Sindh University Jamshoro's convocation, the PPP chairman termed climate change the 'biggest problem' of the world.Drawing their attention to the issue, Bilawal Bhutto said that it was a significant threat to our future generations. Referring to the 2022 'catastrophic' floods in Sindh, the PPP chairman said that people have to suffer huge losses when snow melts.According to the report issued by the Sindh government, over 678 people lost their lives due to flash floods in Sindh in 2022. Besides, the calamity damaged over 1.6 million houses, destroyed 3.5 million acres of standing crops, displaced 6.8 million people and killed 216,683 animals.Addressing the students on Monday, the PPP chairman said that the new generation will have to make decisions for their future. He raised questions over prolonged load- shedding, adopting old and inefficient methods for energy generation and import of electricity. 'God has blessed us with the world's biggest coalmine.'It is pertinent to mention here that Sindh's Thar coalfield is one of the world's largest coalfields. It is bestowed with 185 billion tonnes of lignite coal, which can fuel power generation of over 100,000 megawatts for more than two centuries.The PPP chairman was of the view that they could generate cheaper electricity and also deal with the climate change.He further said that attempts were made in the past to 'control and censor you'.'Together we will have our digital bill of rights written.' He said that they have to raise their voice for their rights.Bilawal emphasised that the youth needed to fight for their rights and make their demands known. 'We will need to fight for our rights and spread awareness,' he said. 'History is witness that when a people gets rights, they are taken away by the state.'The PPP chairman said that there needed to be a 'digital bill of rights', adding that the youth and students of this country must come together and write it.'For our time, we need to make efforts for a digital bill of rights,' he said.'It must be written by the students and youth to make their rights known, not by old politicians in Islamabad who do not understand the internet because they do not use it.'It (restricting the internet and VPNs) has no impact on them but it hurts you,' Bilawal emphasised. 'Once a bill is written, we will make a consensus-based document and I will bring it before parliament.'Bilawal said that in today's world, 'affordable … equitable access' to high-speed internet should be a 'fundamental human right', adding that there should be strict protocols to counter misinformation and ensure safety online.Addressing the participants he said, 'You probably know more about this than I do. Please, send suggestions and pointers to me.'