Pakistan has always been affected by extreme weather conditions. The
effects of climate change have manifested themselves in Pakistan
through extreme weather conditions leading to unprecedented cyclones,
floods, droughts, storms and glacial lake outbursts etc. The economic and
social losses caused by these disasters run into billions of dollars. In the
recent floods alone in 2010, more than 20 million people have been affected and
displaced.
Even
though such disasters are becoming more unpredictable with their
frequency increasing, the capacity of the government to cope with these
challenges is diminishing. There is a need for the right set of policies,
frameworks, mechanisms and capacity building measures aimed at disaster risk
reduction and mitigation rather than merely response, to deal with natural,
policy-led as well as manmade disasters.
In
this regard, the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and
Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) are jointly organizing a
consultation titled “Climate Change Policy and Pre-Monsoon Institutional
Response” .
The
consultation intends to review institutional responses to deal with climate
change by organizing a stakeholder’s dialogue and preparing recommendations
for the Government of Pakistan. SPO will also present a review paper on
Pakistan’s first National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) which has been approved
and effective since 2011. This policy review paper provides an unbiased and
independent opinion/analysis in context to NCCP’s relevance, scope, merits,
demerits, shortcomings and unique selling points in the particular scenario of
Pakistan. In the second session, NDMA and its provincial bodies (PDMAs) will
share preparedness plans and associated arrangements for the monsoon
season of 2012.
It is anticipated that the debate generated as a result of this consultation will lead
to better-informed policy and institutional response mechanisms.
Joint
Organizing Committee
SPO: Atif
Sandhu, 03009506534, atif@spopk.org, www.spopk.org
SDPI:
Muhammad Shoaib, 0333-5619988, shoaib@sdpi.org, www.sdpi.org
Islamabad
Details:
Venue: Margalla Hotel, Islamabad
Date : July 25, 2012
Timing: 03:30-07:00 p.m
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