Exclusive-UN moves to unlock stuck climate financing for Afghanistan, agencies say


  • World
  • Wednesday, 20 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: A parched field is pictured in Balkh province, Afghanistan, August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo

KABUL/BAKU (Reuters) - United Nations agencies are trying to unlock key climate financing for Afghanistan, one of the world's most vulnerable countries to climate change which has not received approval for any fresh such funds since the 2021 Taliban takeover, two U.N. officials told Reuters.

Plagued by drought and deadly floods, Afghanistan has been unable to access U.N. climate funds due to political and procedural issues since the former insurgents came to power.

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