The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $250 million under the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for its new regional initiative, “Glaciers to Farms,” aimed at boosting water security and climate resilience across nine countries, including Pakistan.
The decade-long programme will channel $3.25 billion into projects supporting sustainable irrigation, watershed management, and glacier-fed water systems, helping protect vulnerable farming communities facing droughts and floods due to rapid glacier melt.
GCF Board #GCFB43 approved #adaptation project FP283 with @ADB_HQ to strengthen the climate resilience and adaptive capacity of glacier-dependent communities in 9 countries in Central and West Asia in the face of melting glaciers. #IYGP2025 https://t.co/oWIirZ79nD pic.twitter.com/gLaxOw6WxU
— Green Climate Fund (@theGCF) October 29, 2025
According to ADB’s Yasmin Siddiqui, the initiative represents a shift from fragmented climate actions to a coordinated, long-term resilience framework, safeguarding livelihoods and food systems.
Covering 27 million hectares across key river basins such as Naryn and Pyandzh, the programme is expected to benefit 13 million people. It will also strengthen climate research, early warning systems, and social protection while supporting women-led agribusinesses through local financing.
The GCF’s Thomas Eriksson hailed the effort as a “transformative benchmark” for regional water and food security under climate stress.
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