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Pakistan has secured $10 million in climate finance to improve integrated and adaptive management of water resources in the Indus River, with a special emphasis on nature-based solutions to benefit local communities.
The Adaptation Fund Board on Friday approved funding for a project called Sustainable Action for Ecosystem Restoration in Pakistan (SAFER), according to a statement from the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), based in Kathmandu.
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The Adaptation Fund was created in 2001 to finance concrete adaptation projects and programs in developing countries that are parties to the Kyoto Protocol and that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.
The project specifically focuses on interventions around the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector and targets women, children and youth to build resilience in communities disproportionately affected by climate-induced crises.
The project is designed to align with national plans and strategies, including Pakistan's National Adaptation Plan and the country's flagship Living Industries Initiative, which implements nature-based solutions and ecosystem-based adaptation approaches to protect, conserve and restore natural, terrestrial, freshwater resources and ecosystems. Coastal and marine ecosystems in basins.
SAFER, led by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, ICIMOD acts as a regional implementing entity. It will see the implementation of original and inclusive approaches to improve the integrated and adaptive management of water resources in the Indus River, with a particular focus on nature-based solutions (NbS) and interventions designed to increase benefits and/or participation. Women, young people and children.
With 90 percent of Pakistan's population and more than three-quarters of its economy located in the Indus basin, climate-driven changes in river flows will seriously affect Pakistan's economy and ecology, threatening hard-won gains in poverty reduction. and inclusion. development
The project will be implemented in Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh over the next three and a half years and will, among others, establish nature-based community early warning systems in risk-prone areas. Nature-based spring water recharge systems and groundwater recharge facilities and climate-resilient water infrastructure in water-stressed communities.
We are pleased to see this project moving forward, fully in line with the Government of Pakistan's priorities to address climate challenges and strengthen resilience in the face of growing climate-related disasters, said Romina Khurshid Alam, Prime Minister's Climate Coordinator. Environmental change and adjustment.
ICIMOD is an international organization established in 1983, working to make this important region of the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) greener, more inclusive and climate resilient. The region spans 3,500 km in Asia and encompasses eight countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.
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