On 11th Oct 2019, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under Generating Global Environmental Benefits (GEB) and University of Peshawar. Federal Secretary Climate Change, Mr. Hassan Nasir Jamy and Vice Chancellor, University of Peshawar, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Asif Khan signed the MOU. Country Coordinator GEB, MoCC & UNDP Dr. Saleem Janjua was present at the MOU signing with University of Peshawar and he said that it is very important to involve youth especially universities in research activities as well as the Clean Green Pakistan movement so that they can help in tackling climate change and come up with innovative solutions to protect environment through better data management. The key purpose of the MOU was to collaborate for research activities, support in the establishment of Environmental Information Management System (EIMS) for Pakistan, and contribute to the Clean Green Pakistan Movement, an initiative launched by the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2018. Moreover, through this MOU students from the University of Peshawar will be engaged in various activities regarding protection of environment and emerging challenges of climate change.

Generating Global Environmental Benefits (GEB) programme of UNDP under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Saleem Janjua, Country Coordinator aims to establish an integrated and robust environmental information management system for Pakistan. Environmental sustainability is a grave concern for Pakistan and the need of the hour is to establish a robust environmental information management system for the country through support of provinces. Programmes like GEB, through UNDP assistance, can play an imperative role. Government, academia and civil society also have a key role in this regard and need to work in a coordinated manner for addressing key issues and safeguarding environment of Pakistan.