ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s first-ever Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR) report was launched on Monday focusing on federal and provincial budgetary allocations for climate change.
The report was prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under guidance of the Ministry of Climate Change and in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance. The report contains data for four fiscal years — 2010 to 2014.
The report covers the federal government, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). It aims to equip government policy makers with relevant data, and assesses allocation of public resources both at national and institutional level for climate change-related issues.
The report says that the total federal expenditure for climate change was estimated between 5.8 and 7.6 per cent of the total expenditure from July 2010 to 2014, which includes development and current budget. It showed the proportion spent on adaptation and mitigation varied significantly, with 25 to 60 per cent and 30 to 17 per cent respectively.
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