Asian Development Bank Climate Change Mission led by Chief Thematic officer, Ms Yang called on the Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mr Shahab Ali Shah. During the meeting areas of mutual interest including climate change, mitigation & adaptation came under discussion.
The Additional Chief Secretary stated that the Government of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa intends to create resilience in all sectors of the province’s economy through adaptation and mitigation which will ultimately contribute to the global efforts against Climate Change. The ACS added that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is going to pitch the international climate financing windows for identified projects by establishing voluntary carbon markets for both nature-based and infra projects. Climate change is a cross-cutting theme and the focus is on climate change mitigation and adaptation aimed at impactful outcomes at the provincial level. ADB apprised the Government’s efforts and showed interest to support the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s effort by extending technical assistance.
