A delegation from the Implementation Support Mission for Pakistan Hydromet and Climate Services Project and the Technical Mission on Landscape Governance met with Additional Chief Secretary, Planning and Development Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Shah, to discuss the recent Environmental Degradation Assessment exercise in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The Additional Chief Secretary welcomed the initiative and stressed that the provincial government prioritizes both climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as environmental degradation. He assured the delegation that the Planning and Development Department is diligently working on climate change and related issues, including environmental degradation, to minimize its impacts on the province.
The assessment, which evaluated 30 key indicators, will inform a comprehensive plan to address environmental degradation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
