Senator Sherry Rehman, the Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination presented a project, named?National Adaptation Plan which has been approved by the federal cabinet on Wednesday.
The National Adaptation Plan is a framework for implementation of large-scale environment adaptation, building climate resilience, promoting inclusively and facilitating collaboration among different stakeholders and serves as an effective tool for climate finance mobilization.
In a press release, issued by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment Coordination, the Minister says, Pakistan is now on the worlds radar as a flashing hotspot for climate disasters and when your house is on fire, one has to take responsibility.
She said that after the flood of 2022, devising such plan was a must. She said that this is the beginning and not the end. NAP process has been guided by ten basic tols including intergradation climate adaptation, strategic thinking, evidence-based decision-making, promoting nature-based solutions, acting locally, leaving no one behind, thinking ahead and staying flexible, addressing inequity, fostering coordination and collaboration and building capacity and knowledge.
In the press release, Sherry Rehman says, Our job is to identify who needs to implement which part of the plan as it takes a whole-of-country approach.
The document outlines for the federal ministries what they need to do and how they have to change their development planning and every focal ministry must act to climate-proof its actions and strategies.
According to the NAP, the agriculture sector has been prioritized as it is critical to Pakistans whole social, economic and adaptive trajectory.
The adaptation plan will focus on encouraging farmers to adopt climate-smart practices, modernizing irrigation services, devising a long-term agriculture growth strategy and managing river flow variability keeping view the climate scenario. ?