Mandate / Aims for Climate Change and Disaster Resilience
1. Coordination with relevant department and civil society organizations 2. Awareness Rising campaign 3. Disaster Preparedness, response and rehabilitation
Location of activity
Punjab
Current Projects contributing to Climate Change
1. Flood Emergency Reconstruction & Resilience Project 2. Disaster & Climate Resilience Improvement Project 3. Building Disaster Resilient Punjab (supported by World Bank), Conducting multihazard risk assessments in high risk districts, Insurance programming, Contingency Planning
Contact Person
Nisar Ahmed Project Coordinator -Project Implementation Unit Disaster and Climate Resilience Improvement Project 03439209201 (92-42) 99203302 pdma.gop@gmail.com
Mandate / Aims for Climate Change and Disaster Resilience
1. Administer and implement the provisions of Environment Protection Act 2. Take measures to promote research and development of science and technology 3. Identify the needs for, and initiate legislation in various sectors of the environment 4. Provide information and guidance to the public on environmental matters 5. Encourage the formation and working of non-government, community and village organizations to prevent and control pollution and promote sustainable development 6. Take all necessary measures for protection, conservation, rehabilitation and improvement of the environment, and for prevention and control of pollution 7. Promotion of sustainable development
Location of activity
Punjab
Current Projects contributing to Climate Change
1. Environmental Impact Assessments 2. Punjab Green Development Program (Environmental and Social Systems Assessment (ESSA) GoPunjab has developed a broad program to address environmental issues and promote green development in Punjab in the short, medium, and long term. This program is presented in recent strategic documents adopted by GoPunjab, such as the Punjab Environment Policy 2015, the Punjab Smog Policy 2017, and the Punjab Climate Change Policy (under preparation).
Climate Change, Carbon sequestration/stocking/ Biochar, Heavy Metal Toxicity.
Plant microbe interactions under stress environment, Bioremediation of industrial pollutants, Bioenergy and biofuels, Recycling and management of solid organic waste.
Eco-Health and Risk Assessment, Urbanization and PAH Exposure Bio monitoring.
Wastewater Treatment, Toxicology.
Drinking water Quality, Heavy metal and other Contaminants in drinking and irrigation water, Waste water toxicology.
Toxicology, Physicochemical processes for waste water.
This Climate and Development Outlook Pakistan Special Edition highlights CDKN’s programme in the country and features:
1.1.How CDKN’s work with partners towards developing a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) for Sialkot City, Pakistan’s manufacturing hub, got local businesses on board – and what we learned from the process 1.2. A disaster risk insurance framework for Pakistan that could help the poorest households to have a safety net against climate-related losses 1.3. A low-carbon pathway for Pakistan’s development future: experts have provided the Government of Pakistan with options.
Mandate / Aims for Climate Change and Disaster Resilience
Environment (Climate Change)
Sustainable Livelihoods
Resilient Development Programme
Gender
Energy
Governance
Location of activity at Provincial Level
National
Location of activity at District Level
Muzaffargarh and Rahim Yar Khan
Peshawar IDI Urban
Sindh Karachi IDI &KI & FGD Urban
Current Projects contributing to Climate Change
1. Feasibility Study for R4 Rural Resilience Initiative in Pakistan
Situation Analysis of Risk Management Practices (This feasibility study, in order to guide WFP’s R4 programme, aims to provide the situation analysis of current practices of farmers for risk management. Also, the analysis extends to farmers’ perceptions regarding available strategies of risk management. The inquest also involves identifying the barriers to risk management. Broadly, the analysis guides WFP’s interventions for improving resilience of rural farming households through using Social Safety Nets in Punjab, Pakistan)
2. Combating Heat Stress in South Asia – A Cross-CARIAA effort
(This cross-consortia synergies project aims to bring together current CARIAA research approaches into heat and heat stress in South Asia. Introducing the quantitative measurement approach developed for the urban HI-AWARE sites to the rural ASSAR sites, the study aims to analyze the exposure to heat stress and the suitability of various adaptive measures in rural India. This will be linked to SDPI and WOTR’s insights derived from participatory research aimed at better understanding of the underlying drivers and barriers behind coping mechanisms and (mal) adaptation)
3. Country Table Activities for Research-Policy Engagement and Research
Country Table Activities for Research-Policy Engagement and Research into Use Across PRISE and Hi-AWARE Consortia in Pakistan (Pathways to Resilience in Semi-arid Economies (PRISE), and Himalayan Adaptation, Water and Resilience Research (HI-AWARE) consortia in Pakistan are carrying out an extensive research to advance theoretical and practical knowledge of climate resilience and adaptation in the mountains and semi-arid areas of Indus plain. These research programs will enhance demand-driven research to understand the impact of climate change on economic development, to increase the climate resilience and adaptive capacities of the most vulnerable and to influence policy and practice that will improve their livelihoods)
