Climate change bill

Parliament has passed a climate change bill that “will fast-track measures needed to implement actions on the ground”. The new law establishes a policy-making climate change council, along with a climate change authority to prepare and supervise the implementation of projects to help the country adapt to climate impacts.

It merits mention that the country faces major climate-related risks, including melting glaciers, variable monsoons, recurrent floods, higher average temperatures and greater frequency of droughts. Millions of people across the country have been adversely affected due to all these.

Khan Faraz

Peshawar