{"id":33513,"date":"2026-06-15T10:21:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=33513"},"modified":"2026-06-15T10:22:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:22:01","slug":"uk-envoy-presents-action-plan-for-35-million-pakistan-climate-resilience-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=33513","title":{"rendered":"UK envoy presents action plan for \u00a335 million Pakistan climate resilience framework"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/n_670_395\/public\/2026\/06\/09\/4720087-2014033167.jpg?itok=c-xUtuHQ\" alt=\"British High Commissioner Jane Marriott (left) called on Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Dr Musadik Malik in Islamabad, on June 8, 2026. (APP)\" title=\"British High Commissioner Jane Marriott (left) called on Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Dr Musadik Malik in Islamabad, on June 8, 2026. (APP)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British High Commissioner Jane Marriott (left) called on Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Dr Musadik Malik in Islamabad, on June 8, 2026. (APP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Islamabad, UK, signed the \u201cGreen Compact\u201d framework last year to support green development and climate resilience<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts, such as floods, heatwaves, and worldwide<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British High Commissioner Jane Marriott presented the action plan of a \u00a335 million bilateral climate cooperation framework on Tuesday that aims to build Pakistan\u2019s resilience against climate change impacts, the Press Information Department (PID) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan and the UK signed the Rs13 billion (\u00a335 million) \u201cGreen Compact\u201d climate partnership in December 2025 to support green development, strengthen climate resilience, accelerate clean energy transition and promote nature-based solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Green Compact is built on five pillars: climate finance and investment, clean energy transition, nature-based solutions, innovation and youth empowerment, and adaptation and resilience. It will provide climate-smart startups and young innovators with technical support, mentorship, and access to investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marriott met Pakistan\u2019s Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik to discuss the future direction and implementation of the Green Compact framework, the PID said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring the meeting, the British High Commissioner presented the Action Plan for the Green Compact and briefed the Federal Minister on its key priorities and proposed areas of collaboration,\u201d the PID said in a report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Malik highlighted that the Green Compact partnership should focus on developing initiatives that deliver \u201ctangible and high-impact outcomes\u201d for the people of Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said it was essential to support the youth in research and innovation to develop scalable solutions to environmental and climate challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marriott briefed Malik on the youth entrepreneurship programs focused on climate resilience and green solutions currently underway in Pakistan, supported by the UK in collaboration with the British High Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two officials also discussed strengthening early warning systems and enhancing preparedness for climate-related disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan is counted among countries that are considered most vulnerable to climate change and has experienced increasingly erratic weather patterns, leading to frequent heatwaves, unseasonal rainfall, storms, cyclones, floods, and droughts in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022, monsoon floods claimed over 1,700 lives, displaced 33 million people, and caused more than $30 billion in economic losses. Last year, around 1,037 people were also reportedly killed in floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Torrential monsoon rains and excess water released by Indian dams last year also killed over 1,000 people in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2646535\/pakistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2646535\/pakistan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British High Commissioner Jane Marriott (left) called on Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Dr Musadik Malik in Islamabad, on June 8, 2026. (APP) British High Commissioner Jane Marriott presented the action plan of a \u00a335 million bilateral climate cooperation framework on Tuesday that aims to build Pakistan\u2019s resilience against climate change impacts, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[7481,24042,19699,30463,483,19127,1362],"class_list":["post-33513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-climate-change-2","tag-environment-3","tag-framework-2","tag-funding-amount-35-million-british-pound","tag-pakistan-2","tag-resilience-2","tag-uk-2","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33514,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33513\/revisions\/33514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}