Ten Pakistani climate businesses are seeking a combined US$51 million over the next 12 months to expand climate solutions, the British High Commission Islamabad said on 2 November. The businesses work on cleaner energy, transport, construction, farming and waste.

With UK-funded technical and financial advice, the companies strengthened their investment proposals and presented them to investors, banks and development finance institutions at a two-day roadshow in Karachi on 27 and 28 October. The programme, CFA Pakistan, is implemented by DAI on behalf of the UK government and provided technical, financial, and gender equality and social inclusion support. Across five sectors, the businesses have a three-year investment pipeline worth US$120 million, the commission said.

The programme supported 22 projects in Pakistan between 2022 and 2024 and helped mobilise US$40 million for climate projects, according to the statement. British Deputy High Commissioner Karachi Alison Blackburne linked the work to the UK-Pakistan Green Compact signed the previous December. Sindh minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah described climate change as an economic and development challenge for Pakistan and said government's role is increasingly to create conditions for private investment.