STAFF REPORT ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Environment has cleared the draft of its first national climate change policy (NCCP) that emphasises increased investments in research on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
According to details, Federal Environment Minister Samina Khalid Ghurki had approved the draft last month. However, advisor on climate affairs at Pakistan’s meteorological department and a key architect of the NCCP draft, Qamar uz Zaman Chaudhry, has said that final approval by the cabinet would take about a month.
The NCCP contains some 120 policy measures for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Its recommendations include setting up of a national climate change commission to coordinate climate change activities and developing monitoring, reporting and verification systems to assess emissions of polluting gases and changes in land use.
Other measures include improving the capacity of national universities and institutes working on climate change and developing climate change curricula with focus on disaster risk reduction.
“Increased investment in research for climate change mitigation and adaptation is a major thrust of NCCP,” Zaman said adding that other main areas of the research are water conservancy for water, food and energy security; reduction of risks emanating from rise in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, afforestation and wastewater treatment and reuse.
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