Senate panel questions need for climate change authority

ISLAMABAD: Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman has questioned the need for maintaining the Pakistan Climate Change Authority (PCCA), arguing that its mandate, functions and expertise substantially overlapped with those of the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination. Chairing a meeting of the committee on Tuesday, Ms Rehman said the government should reconsider the institutional structure of PCCA, particularly at a time when the ministry of climate change was facing declining budgetary resources. She pointed out that the ministry’s allocation under the Public Sector Development Programme had fallen to Rs2.478 billion from…