Afghanistan Requires Over $20 Billion in Climate Aid, Taliban Officials Say

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The Taliban-controlled National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) has stated that Afghanistan will need $20.6 billion in financial assistance by 2030 to address the worsening impacts of climate change.

Ruhollah Amin, head of the climate change division at NEPA, announced at a press conference in Kabul today that Afghanistan’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) will be submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat in February 2024.