Constructive climate-adaptation policy must bring in private sector through entrepreneurial role: Official

NEW DELHI: A constructive climate-adaptation policy will need to ensure that the private sector comes into play through an entrepreneurial role, which has been lacking in most cases, a senior environment ministry official has said.

Speaking at a High-Level Roundtable on Adaptation Finance organised by Climate Trends, Abhishek Acharya, Director at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), said the lack of entrepreneurial participation in adaptation projects has been one of the key gaps in climate policy.

“Adaptation is not…