The Pakistan Agriculture Research Council
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) is the apex national organization working in close collaboration with other federal and provincial institutions in the country to provide science
Nature-based Solutions in Action: Lessons from the Frontline
Explore real-life evidence of how high quality NbS can deliver positive outcomes for climate, nature and people through 13 case studies in this IIED report.
Leave No Mountain Behind
Why, despite the essential role mountains play in enabling countries and regions adapt to climate change, reduce disaster risks and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, are mountain communities often left behind economically and politically? Learn more in this issue brief.
Promoting ambitious climate action for the Hindu Kush Himalaya
(Videos) This focus day on HKH, which was live streamed from the Cryosphere Pavilion at COP26, explored the scaling up of investment in mountain-specific climate priorities and low carbon development, the dissemination of high-impact solutions that can deliver climate action in the HKH region, and shared policy and youth perspectives on climate action. Watch the recordings of each session.
Government of Pakistan
The government of Pakistan is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the four provinces, two autonomous territories, and one federa
Climate Change, Alternative Energy, and Water Resources Institute of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council
CEWRI was established in 1991-92 as a result of re-organization of the water related research programmes being executed at the National Agricultural Research Center (NARC), Islamabad.
Aga Khan Foundation
Established in 1967, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) brings together human, financial and technical resources to address the challenges faced by the poorest and most marginalised communities in the w
Reducing Risks and Vulnerabilities from Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in Northern Pakistan
To address the increased Glacial Lake Outburst Flood risk posed by climate change, this project developed the human and technical capacity of public institutions to understand and address immediate GLOF risks for vulnerable communities in Northern Pakistan.
The Winter Preparedness and Avalanche Readiness Programme, a comprehensive avalanche preparedness plan in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan
The Winter Preparedness and Avalanche Readiness Programme is a comprehensive avalanche preparedness plan put in place by the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) which includes monitoring, early warning and capacity building. It seeks to reduce avalanche risk in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan.
Aga Khan Agency for Habitat
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat’s (AKAH) goal is that people live in safe, sustainable, and resilient habitats with the opportunity to thrive, whether in a remote mountain village, a town, or a den
Climate action in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
This event provided a platform for stakeholders from the Hindu Kush Himalaya to discuss how regional collaboration can deliver ambitious climate action in the region.
Asia Pacific Children and Youth Voices on Climate Crisis and Disaster Risk Reduction
The article presents findings from consultations with children and youth in 13 countries in Asia and the Pacific. It highlights their knowledge, experience and contribution to disaster resilience and climate action.
CBA14 Marketplace: Adapting for Climate Justice
This publication presents two case-studies of community-based and locally led adaptation, support by Islamic Relief. The publication more generally addresses climate justice and adaptation in the context of Islamic Relief projects.
The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment
This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region.
Transport Sector Climate Change Adaptation
This guidance aims to help incorporate climate change considerations into project planning and design in the transport sector.
Persistent Gender and Social Exclusion in Development
This article describes why policies supporting climate change adaptation in mountains must consider gender and how it interacts with other factors such as class/caste, ethnicity and geography.
Foundation for Rural Development
Foundation for Rural Development (FRD) is a nonprofit, non-political, non-governmental organization.
Engaging the private sector in financing adaptation to climate change
The ACT learning brief presents a framework of five approaches that policymakers, practitioners and donors can use to motivate the private sector to invest in climate change adaptation.
Foundation for Research and Socio-ecological Harmony
""FRESH" is a non-for-profit company whose mission is to maintain and promote socio-ecological harmony through research based action(s), enabling communities for sustainable peaceful interaction wi
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore
The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, is a public research university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Learning Journey: Climate Resilient Agriculture
This article summarises a learning journey that engaged participants from diverse topical backgrounds in a series of discussions and (recorded) webinars on climate resilient agriculture.
Supporting private adaptation in semi-arid lands
This PRISE policy brief argues that to unlock the potential of businesses to drive climate-resilient development, support for private adaptation in semi arid lands needs to be rapidly upscaled.
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Mitigation: As Pakistan pursues economic growth, the country describes itself as well poised to capitalize on mitigation potential, but dependent on external financial and technical contributions to realize that potential. In terms of energy production and demand, high priority mitigation options include increasing technical efficiency within the energy system and investing in renewable energy generation. Within the agriculture sector, high-priority mitigation projects include improving irrigation and water management, managing methane release from rice production, and implementing agroforestry practices. Adaptation: Pakistan's adaptation priority is mainstreaming climate change socially and economically across sectors and the population. Achieving this goal will involve improving irrigation systems, refined water management, strengthening risk management for the agricultural sector, implementing climate smart agriculture, building climate-resilient infrastructure, and improved extreme climate event response mechanisms. These adaptation actions will require external financial and technical support in building Pakistan's physical, institutional, and human capacity. International Climate and Environmental Commitments: The Paris Agreement (Party), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Party), Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Party), United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Party), Convention on Biological Diversity (Party), Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (Party), Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Party)
Summary
Pakistan is geographically and climactically diverse, ranging from coastal to glacial areas, meaning Pakistan faces diverse climate challenges including flooding, glacial melt, cyclones, drought, heatwaves, and earthquakes. Pakistan is also considered to be highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. Pakistan's socio-economic context, as an agricultural economy with population clustering around the Indus river and issues with deforestation and its forestry sector, further exposes it to climate change impacts, which in turn impact Pakistan's ability to pursue economic growth that matches the rate of population growth and can address issues with basic service provision in the country.
International Commitments and Reporting
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
Intended Nationally Determined Contribution Under the Paris Agreement - https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/NDCStaging/pages/Party.aspx?party=PAK
NDC Monitoring and Reporting
World Bank Country Factsheet on Intended NDCs -http://spappssecext.worldbank.org/sites/indc/PDF_Library/pk.pdf
World Bank’s Climate Knowledge Portal -https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/pakistan
ClimateWatch Profile - https://www.climatewatchdata.org/countries/PAK
NDC Partnership Page - http://ndcpartnership.org/countries-map/country?iso=PAK
SDG Voluntary National Review
2019 Voluntary National Review - https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/memberstates/pakistan
National SDG Monitoring and Reporting
World Bank Overview - https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/pakistan
UNDP's Open SDG Data Hub - http://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/
NDCs and SDGs
Mapping of NDC-SDG Connections - https://klimalog.die-gdi.de/ndc-sdg/country/PAK
NDCs, SDGs, and Climate Change
NDC Partnership Dashboard on NDCs and relation to the SDGs and Climate Change Vulnerability - http://ndcpartnership.org/climate-watch/ndcs-sdg
Emissions Data
Pakistan does not currently have a dynamic online emissions tracking platform, but recent emissions reporting can be found within this report - https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/183625_Pakistan-NC2-1-Pakistan%20-%20Second%20National%20Communication%20on%20Climate%20Change%202018.pdf
Sendai and Hyogo Frameworks
Sendai Framework Data Readiness Review Report - https://www.preventionweb.net/english/policies/v.php?id=54279&cid=129
National Progress Report on the Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action - https://www.preventionweb.net/english/policies/v.php?id=42312&cid=129
National Disaster Response Plan - https://www.preventionweb.net/english/policies/v.php?id=64884&cid=129
National Coordination and Reporting
National Appropriate Mitigation Actions
Pakistan NAMA Design Case Study - https://cdkn.org/resource/inside-story-renewable-energy-solutions-punjabs-industrial-sector-evaluating-nama-approach-sialkot-city-pakistan/?loclang=en_gb
Energy Efficient Lighting in Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Outdoor Sectors of Pakistan - https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/PublicNAMA/_layouts/un/fccc/nama/NamaSeekingSupportForPreparation.aspx?ID=53&viewOnly=1
Supporting Mechanisms for Promoting Distributed Generation (Net Metering, Wheeling, Banking etc.) in Pakistan to put 3 GW Alternative and Renewable Energy (ARE) Projects in next 7 years - https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/PublicNAMA/_layouts/un/fccc/nama/NamaSeekingSupportForPreparation.aspx?ID=72&viewOnly=1
Strategizing for Grid Strengthening/Improvement for evacuation of power from Solar Power Projects - https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/PublicNAMA/_layouts/un/fccc/nama/NamaSeekingSupportForPreparation.aspx?ID=73&viewOnly=1
Strategizing for Grid Strengthening/Improvement for evacuation of power from Solar Power Projects - https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/PublicNAMA/_layouts/un/fccc/nama/NamaSeekingSupportForPreparation.aspx?ID=73&viewOnly=1
Accelerating the Market Transformation to Energy Efficient Lighting - https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/PublicNAMA/_layouts/un/fccc/nama/NamaSeekingSupportForPreparation.aspx?ID=74&viewOnly=1
Development and Installation of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Technologies in Pakistan - https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/PublicNAMA/_layouts/un/fccc/nama/NamaSeekingSupportForPreparation.aspx?ID=75&viewOnly=1
Harnessing Municipal Waste of big Cities of Pakistan to Generate Electricity - https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/PublicNAMA/_layouts/un/fccc/nama/NamaSeekingSupportForPreparation.aspx?ID=76&viewOnly=1
Bio-energy generation and greenhouse-gases mitigation though organic-waste utilization - https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/PublicNAMA/_layouts/un/fccc/nama/NamaSeekingSupportForPreparation.aspx?ID=81&viewOnly=1
Strategizing for Grid Strengthening/Improvement for evacuation of power from Wind Power Projects - https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/PublicNAMA/_layouts/un/fccc/nama/NamaSeekingSupportForPreparation.aspx?ID=77&viewOnly=1
For recently added action check here - https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/PublicNAMA/SitePages/Country.aspx?CountryId=131
National Action Plans
National Climate Change Policy - http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/law/national-climate-change-policy-2/
Climate Change Act - http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/law/pakistan-climate-change-act-2016/
Pakistan is currently developing a National Adaptation Plan.
National Strategies Related to International Mechanisms
Convention to Combat Desertification National Action Programme - https://knowledge.unccd.int/sites/default/files/naps/pakistan-eng2002.pdf
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan - https://www.cbd.int/doc/world/pk/pk-nbsap-v2-en.pdf
National Regulations/Policies
Pakistan 2025: One Nation, One Vision - http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/law/pakistan-2025-one-nation-one-vision/
National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS): Pakistan’s pathway to a sustainable and resilient future - http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/law/national-sustainable-development-strategy-nsds-pakistans-pathway-to-a-sustainable-and-resilient-future/
National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act 2016 - http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/law/national-energy-efficiency-and-conservation-act-2016/
Global Change Impact Studies Centre Act - http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/law/global-change-impact-studies-centre-act-2013/
Alternative Energy Development Board Act - http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/law/alternative-energy-development-board-act/
The Pakistan Council of Renewable Technologies Act - http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/law/the-pakistan-council-of-renewable-technologies-act/
Policy Recommendations for Use of Biodiesel as an Alternative Fuel - https://www.iea.org/policiesandmeasures/pams/pakistan/name-38078-en.php
Alternative and Renewable Energy Policy, 2011 - https://www.iea.org/policiesandmeasures/pams/pakistan/name-38076-en.php
Alternative and Renewable Energy Policy, 2006 - https://www.iea.org/policiesandmeasures/pams/pakistan/name-38075-en.php
National Power Policy - http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/law/national-power-policy/
National Forest Policy - http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/law/national-forest-policy/
National Platform
UN-REDD Pakistan Country Profile - https://unredd.net/regions-and-countries/asia-pacific/pakistan.html
Reviews of National Legislation and Policy
London School of Economics: National Climate Legislation - http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/country-profiles/pakistan/
Financing
Key Areas of Climate Investment
Financing to support sustainable forest management - https://www.thegef.org/project/sustainable-forest-management-secure-multiple-benefits-high-conservation-value-forests
Financing to build institutional capacity to integrate national planning with international commitments and strategies - https://www.thegef.org/project/nap-alignment-and-strengthening-national-reporting-processes
Financing to facilitate sustainable industrial energy use - https://www.thegef.org/project/sustainable-energy-initiative-industries
Financing adaptation of agriculture and rural livelihoods to climate change - https://www.thegef.org/project/rural-livelihoods-climate-change-adaptation-support-programme
Financing building resilience to natural hazard and extreme climate events - https://www.gfdrr.org/en/building-resilience-landslide-and-geohazard-risk-south-asia-region
Selected Relevant Sources of Climate Related Funding
Climate Funds Update - https://climatefundsupdate.org/data-dashboard/#1541245745457-d3cda887-f010
OECD Climate Change - https://www.oecd.org/env/cc/
OECD Investment for Green Growth - https://www.oecd.org/environment/green.htm
Asian Development Bank Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management - https://www.adb.org/themes/climate-change-disaster-risk-management/main
Multilateral Funders
Pakistan receives climate funding from the Forest Carbon Facility, the Global Environment Facility, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, and the Green Climate Fund, among others.
Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning
Vulnerability/Adaptation Capacity Data
Pakistan's National Economic and Environmental Development Study (NEEDS) - https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/pakistanneeds.pdf
Notre Dame's Global Adaptation Initiative Vulnerability/Readiness Climate Change Index - https://gain.nd.edu/our-work/country-index/
Environmental Performance Index - https://epi.envirocenter.yale.edu/
Natural Disaster/Hazards
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery - https://www.gfdrr.org/en/pakistan
PreventionWeb - https://www.preventionweb.net/english/countries/asia/pak/
Energy Supply and Demand
Renewables Readiness Assessment - https://www.irena.org/publications/2018/Apr/Renewables-Readiness-Assessment-Pakistan
Key Energy Statistics - https://www.iea.org/countries/Pakistan/
Land Use
LandLinks Country Profile - http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=PAK
Application of land-use/land cover changes in monitoring and projecting forest biomass carbon loss in Pakistan - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989418304098
Economic Development/Quality of Life and Livelihoods
Climate and Development Outlook Pakistan Special Edition - https://cdkn.org/resource/pakistan-outlook/?loclang=en_gb
What Defines Livelihood Vulnerability in Rural Semi-Arid Areas? Evidence from Pakistan - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41748-018-0059-5
Summaries of Programming and Priorities
Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment in Pakistan's Second National Communication - https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/183625_Pakistan-NC2-1-Pakistan%20-%20Second%20National%20Communication%20on%20Climate%20Change%202018.pdf
Case Studies
weADAPT Case Studies
weADAPT Entries - https://www.weadapt.org/case-studies?keyword=Pakistan
Climate and Development Network Country Page
Climate and Development Network Resources - https://cdkn.org/regions/pakistan-asia/?loclang=en_gb
Islamic Development Bank Reports
IsDB Country Page - https://www.isdb.org/pakistan
Climate, Climate Change, and Environmental Data
Natural Disaster/Hazards Data
ThinkHazard - http://thinkhazard.org/en/report/188-pakistan
Energy Supply and Demand Data
Renewable Energy Mapping -http://resourceirena.irena.org/gateway/countrySearch/?countryCode=PAK
Land Use Data
FAOStat - http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/
Weather/Meteorological Data
World Meteorological Organization Profile - https://cpdb.wmo.int/pakistan
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