Hoshmand, who served as climate change director at the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) before the takeover, helped develop a national climate action plan and emissions inventory. Afghanistan is "one of the most vulnerable nations to climate change impacts in the world", the World Bank has noted. Regardless of who is in charge, Afghanistan needs help to deal with climate threats, he said. How can they spare anything for climate change?," asked the former negotiator. The international community needs to engage with the Taliban government and "provide them with some incentives to build renewable energy resources," he said.

Source: bd News24 October 04, 2021 06:56 UTC