Project about climate change in Pakistan

1. PROJECT ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
IN PAKISTAN
Presented By : Zainab Arshad
BS Hons, Environmental Sciences
University Of Gujrat, Pakistan

2. Content
 Research Methodology
 Major Climate Change-related Concerns of Pakistan
 Projects
 Concluding Remarks
 Reference's

3. Research Methodology:
 Academic journals
 Websites (Mosaic Earth, WWF Pakistan, WHO,
Greenpeace’s)

4. Major Climate Change-related Concerns of
Pakistan
 Key sectors: Water and Agriculture at greatest risk
 Increased risks of floods and landslides, droughts, typhoons and
tropical storms, forest fires etc. due to increase in frequency and
intensity of extreme events
 Severe water-stressed conditions in arid and semi-arid regions
due to reduced rainfall, increased temp., and depletion of soil
moisture – May lead to expansion of deserts

5. (Contd.)
Major CC-related Concerns of Pakistan
 More rapid recession of Hindu Kush (HKH) Glaciers due to
increase in temp. and seasonal variability of precipitation may
lead to increased summer flows in Indus river system for a few
decades, followed by reduction in flows as Glaciers disappear.
 Reduction in capacity of natural reservoirs due to rise in snowline
on mountains with increase in surface temp. – May increase risk
of floods during the wet season.
 Agriculture productivity likely to suffer severe losses due to high
temp., droughts, flood conditions and soil degradation – Would
endanger food security of the country.

6. (Contd.)
Major CC-related Concerns of Pakistan
 Large reduction in productivity of both warm water and cold
water fish due to oxygen depletion in aquatic systems
 As a result of sea level rise, large scale inundation of coastline
and recession of flat sandy beaches; upstream incursion of saline
water in the Indus delta; and risk to mangroves, coral reefs and
breeding grounds of fish
 Enhanced risk to life and property in coastal areas due to
increased intensity of tropical cyclones, combined with sea level
rise; High risk for Karachi and other coastal areas of Sindh-
Makran coast

7. (Contd.)
Major CC-related Concerns of Pakistan
 Higher incidence of Malaria and other vector-borne, water-borne
and heat-related diseases due to warmer and wetter conditions
 Risk to fragile ecology of Mountain and Highland systems due to
synergetic effects of Climate Change
 Increased threat to biodiversity, which is already at risk due to
land-use/cover change and population pressure

9.  Building Capacity on Climate Change
Adaptation in Coastal Areas of Pakistan:
 Subsidized by the European Commission (EC)
 The project also aims to promote integrated water resource
management and river basin management.
 The project focuses on supporting governance mechanisms to
help them become more responsive and robust when addressing
impacts from climate variability and change.

10.  The determinants impact and cost effectiveness
of Climate Change Adaptation in Pakistan
 Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and WWF–
Pakistan are jointly implementing a three year project (Mar 2012
to Feb 2015) on climate change adaptation and food security in
Pakistan, by the International Development Research Centre
(IDRC).
 Its aim to understand the political economy of climate change
adaptation, and climate change policy, in the political, historical
and economic context of Pakistan. And provide cost effective
adaptation tools through the provision of new curriculum and
training manuals.

11.  GCF Approves Pakistan's Climate Change
Adaptation Project
 The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved Pakistan's US $36
Million Climate Change Adaptation project responding to Glacial
Outburst in Northern Pakistan.
 The project will address climate change impacts and Glacial Lake
Outbursts Floods (GLOF)
 It work for 7 districts of Gilgit-Baltistan and 5 districts in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa province, thus, contributing to a climate-resilient
sustainable development in the long-term.

12.  Enhancing the Value of Hydrological Resources for
Livelihood, Youth Employability and Climate
Resilience in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan:
 Duration of this project is March 2015 to 31 May 2016.it is
funded by United Nations Development Programmed Coca Cola.
 Better livelihood, food security and income generation
opportunities, especially for small land holder farming families.
 Employability for educated local youth in the agricultural sector.
 Create technical and institutional capacities for long term research
and development in Gilgit-Baltistan.

13.  Rural Livelihoods and Climate Change
Adaptation in the Himalayas (HIMALICA)
 HIMALICA is a 22 months long program financed by the
European Union (EU) and practically implemented by ICIMOD
and WWF in the HKH region of Pakistan.
 HIMALICA aims to support poor and vulnerable mountain
communities by undertaking action research in the Upper Indus
Basin of Pakistan, with a focus on Hunza and Nagar districts in
Gilgit-Baltistan in mitigating and adapting to climate change.

14.  Rural Livelihoods and Climate Change
Adaptation in the Himalayas (HIMALICA)
(cont.….)
 Increased adaptive capacities of women and men of migrant
sending households in access to resources, social networks, flood
preparedness, and livelihoods diversification.
 Improved level of awareness and realization about climate
change, climate induced migration and role of migration in
climate adaptation, role of remittances in supporting household
level flood preparedness and flood resilient livelihoods among
experimental communities.

15. Global Change Impact Studies Center (Islamabad,
Pakistan)
International / Regional Research and Capacity Building
Projects
 Enhancement of National Capacities in the Application of Simulation Models
for Assessment of Climate Change and its Impacts on Water Resources and
Food and Agricultural Production (2003-2007). Participating countries:
Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. Lead Organization: GCISC in collaboration
with PMD, Pakistan.
 Development and Application of Climate Extreme Indices and Indicators for
Monitoring Trends in Climate Extremes and Their Socio-economic Impacts in
South Asian Countries (2005-2009). Participating countries: Pakistan, Nepal,
Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Lead Organization: GCISC, Pakistan.

16.  Global Change Impact Studies Center (Islamabad,
Pakistan)
International / Regional Research and Capacity
Building Projects
 Runoff scenario and water based adaptation strategies in South
Asia (2013-2015). Participating countries: Pakistan, Bangladesh
Nepal and India. Lead Organization: The Small Earth Nepal
(SEN), Nepal.
 Assessing Spatiotemporal Variability of NPP, NEP and Carbon
Sinks of Global Grassland Ecosystem in Response to Climate
Change in 1911-2011 (2013-2015). Participating countries:
Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and China. Lead Organization:
Nanjing University, China.

17. Concluding Remarks
 Temperature increases both past and projected are higher over
Pakistan compared to the global changes and as such the country
is more vulnerable to climate change. Intensive research is needed
to study the adverse impacts of climate change on different socio-
economic sectors such as water resources, agriculture production
etc.
 Pakistan has more glaciers than any other land outside the North
and South Poles with sizeable ones in the Karakoram ranges.
Glacier melt, in the wake of climate change, is a big threat to the
country’s water resources and needs systematic studies to be
carried out on the mass balance of glaciers

18. Contd..
Concluding Remarks
 Capacity Building in the use development and modification of
mathematical models for use in climate change related studies,
needs to be enhanced
 A clear cut climate change policy spelling out the government
policy and plan of action needs to be formulated to counter the
adverse impacts of climate change.
 This new field of climate change, being an emerging component
of natural sciences, needs to be taken up as part of the curricula of
studies at the college and university level

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