Climate Change & DRR

Climate change is no longer an issue for the distant future but a hard reality already taking place.

 

According to a report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an increase of 0.6°C during last century and a likely increase of 2°C to 4°C in the twenty-first century is expected despite necessary measures being adopted to counter its effects all over the world.

 

Pakistan is the 16th country in the world most vulnerable to climate change. Around 23% of the country’s land and nearly 50% of the entire population is estimated to be exposed to potential natural disasters due to climate change. The challenges range from the a combination of poverty and population growth, leading to the over-exploitation of natural resources to the unplanned increase in industrialization and urbanization, leading to the pollution of water, air and land. In July/August 2010, Pakistan saw unprecedented floods besides other unusual events costing the nation US$9.5 billion and leaving an enormous portion of the country’s farmland destroyed along with much of its infrastructure.

 

Program Objectives  

• To enable vulnerable local communities in Sindh to better understand and respond to climate change risks and   thereby adapt to growing climate change pressures
• To develop the human and technical capacity of public institutions to understand and address immediate climate   change risks for vulnerable communities in Sindh
• To integrate climate risk awareness and responsiveness into economic and operational planning and strengthening   proactive disaster management