A Country Workshop was held in Islamabad on Dec. 8-9, 2022, which brought together over 60 participants from public, private and civil society sectors. The event offered a platform to discuss the status quo on climate risk analysis (CRA), capacities, and needs in relation to climate risk modelling to enhance resilience in Pakistan.
The workshop was followed by an international coordination meeting with CDRFI stakeholders active in Pakistan, with the goal to leverage synergies under the Global Shield framework. During the week, further bilateral meetings were held with key stakeholders to discuss GRMA support in further detail. These included the Pakistan Metreological Department (PMD), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC), National Health Services Academy, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Ministry of Climate Change (MOCC).
In the initial application to the GRMA programme, the Ministry of Climate Change articulated a request for support to enhance sovereign understanding of risks from drought, heat, landslides, flood and earthquakes on a range of key sectors, including agriculture, construction, disaster relief, education, healthcare, public infrastructure, etc. The purpose of the workshop was therefore to work together with local stakeholders to:
- Develop a draft roadmap including final project scope for the GRMA project.
- Form a common understanding on the scope of the request for support, the GRMA programme and proposed project.
- Gain an improved understanding of existing risk information, technical capacity, and analytical activities in Pakistan.
During the workshop, the GRMA team together with participants identified the need for threefold support:
- Good quality and more granular risk data to help with targeted disaster risk response and planning of appropriate prevention measures.
- Development of locally adjusted models for requested hazards.
- Assistance to better understand of projected climate impacts and possible benefits of adaptation and risk-transfer solutions to guide, incentivize, and accelerate public and private sector investments for a climate-resilient transformation.
Further consultations with provincial and local stakeholders, as well as a national stocktake on CRA, are planned in upcoming weeks. An innovative Training-of-Trainings approach is further under discussion to enhance capabilities in the area of climate risk analysis.
The GRMA team is grateful to its hosts in the Pakistan Ministry of Climate Change, and for support colleagues in the GIZ Pakistan SAR Project.
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