Shortage of Climate resources holding Pakistan back:Sherry Rehman
Federal Minister for Climate Change & Environmental Coordination, Senator Sherry Rehman said Climate Finance was uncharted territory for many developing countries due to a significant knowledge and capacity gap on this critical issue. Pakistan faces dual challenges of limited accessibility to climate finance and a lack of technical capacity, impeding its progress in achieving crucial…
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PM leaves for France to attend New Global Financing Pact Summit
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif left for France to attend the New Global Financing Pact Summit in Paris. The prime minister is paying his official visit to France on the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron. The Global Financing Pact Summit will be a forum for discussion and consultation on changes in the global financial…
Pakistan urges UNICEF to boost efforts to meet needs of world’s children in crisis situations
Pakistan has urged United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to step up its efforts to address the needs of children in humanitarian crises, including natural disasters, conflicts and situations of foreign occupation. Speaking in the UNICEF’s Executive Board meeting, Pakistani delegate Hadiqa Qureshi also urged international donors to provide sustainable and adequate funding to UNICEF to…
Sherry Rehman urges new financial regimes for Climate funding
Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Senator Sherry Rehman urged for new financial regimes for Climate funding. “A fair amount of thought leadership and retooling is needed, both for markets and public institutions to change their instruments to meet quantum growing needs, as navigating a forest of barriers has become normalized for accessing a…
US Deputy Chief of Mission engages stakeholders on trade, climate, green shipping
US Deputy Chief of Mission Andrew Schofer participated in a stakeholder consultation on trade, climate, and green shipping in Pakistan organized by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). During the discussion, policy makers and private-sector leaders identified existing issues and challenges related to climate change, with a specific focus on promoting green and sustainable…
Climate change likely to have severe impacts in CARE region, including Pakistan: ADB
Asian Development Bank’s Director General for Central and West Asia, Yevgeniy Zhukov said that climate change was expected to have severe impacts in the CAREC region which includes Central Asia, Mongolia, Pakistan, China, and the South Caucasus. Addressing a press conference while launching a study here at the sidelines of 56th ADB annual meeting, he…
SBP Governor for evolving effective strategy to avert impacts of climate change
State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad underlined the urgent need for creating required resilience against negative impacts of climate change to protect humans, agriculture and livestock, besides uplifting the regional economies to alleviate vulnerabilities faced by them. Addressing the SAARCFINANCE Symposium here, he said Pakistan was ranked among the top 10 most affected…
Germany commits €120 Million for fighting climate change to Pakistan
Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Senator Sherry Rehman held a bilateral meeting with a delegation from Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), led by Federal Minister Svenja Schulze, at the sidelines of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue happening in Berlin, Germany. During the meeting, the two sides engaged in discussions…
Federal Cabinet approves Hajj 2023, Clean Air policies
The Federal Cabinet approved the Haj Policy 2023 and the National Clean Air Policy. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, chairing the cabinet meeting, said the authorities should prepare a comprehensive and effective strategy as soon as possible in cooperation with the officials of Saudi Arabia to provide the best possible travel and lodging facilities to pilgrims…
Pakistan secures over $ 10 Billion in pledges at Climate Resilience Conference
Pakistan secured over $ 10 billion pledges from the international financial institutions, donor agencies and development partners for the rehabilitation, recovery and reconstruction of flood affected areas, during an International Conference on Climate Resilience. The major pledges made at the conference, co-chaired by Pakistan and the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, included $ 4.2 billion…