The Environment and Climate change Department is responsible to ensure that all legal instruments polices, strategies and programmes related to environment protection, climate change, pollution control are developed and disseminated. It is also responsible to develop strategies to promote partnership and enhance capacity of private sector to invest in activities of environment and climate change for sustainable economic development. It has following main responsibilities:

1.  to develop and disseminate the environment and climate change policies, strategies and programs through:

a. to develop strategies to promote partnership and enhance capacity of private sector to invest in activities of environment and climate change for sustainable economic development;

b. to develop laws and regulations to ensure protection of the environment and conservation of natural ecosystems;

c. to develop institutional and human resources capacities in environment and climate change.

2. To monitor and evaluate the implementation and mainstreaming of environment and climate change policies, strategies and programs across all sectors, especially productive sector;

3.  To oversee and evaluate institutions under its supervision by providing guidance on the implementation of specific programs to be realised by the institutions under its supervision and local government;

4.  To mobilise the necessary resources for the development, protection and conservation of the environment for the climate change adaptation and mitigation