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Penang Island City Council committed to reducing adverse effects of climate change

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The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) is committed to reducing the adverse effects of climate change by adopting programmes that address its environmental and social dimensions in urban areas. MBPP mayor Datuk A. Rajendran said the Penang Nature Based Climate Adaptation Programme (PNBCAP) was approved by the World Bank Adaptation Fund in February 2022 at a total cost of US$10 million (RM47 million), and will be implemented together with the Penang Department of Irrigation and Drainage and Think City Sdn Bhd.

The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) is committed to reducing the adverse effects of climate change by adopting programmes that address its environmental and social dimensions in urban areas . MBPP mayor Datuk A.

Rajendran said the Penang Nature Based Climate Adaptation Programme (PNBCAP) was approved by the World Bank Adaptation Fund in February 2022 at a total cost of US$10 million (RM47 million), and will be implemented together with the Penang Department of Irrigation and Drainage and Think City Sdn Bhd. “MBPP’s portion of the fund is about US$3.525 million, which will be paid in six tranches. We received the first tranche, amounting to US$350,000, last year.“The PNBCAB is a comprehensive and collaborative effort incorporating a diverse set of components to address both the environmental and social dimensions of climate change in Penang’s urban fabric to create a green, low-urban heat and low-carbon environment,” he told reporters here today

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