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Interview with Kamal Kishore, Member, NDMA India
Interview with Kamal Kishore Kamal Kishore, Member, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), India, is also serving as the Indian Co-Chair of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI). ADPC recently held an exclusive ‘Climate Talks’ discussion with this esteemed disaster risk and resilience expert on India’s efforts towards strengthening disaster and climate resilience. Which natural [...] Read More
Women and Resilience in the Face of Climate Change
Photo courtesy of Syeda Hadika Jamshaid Syeda Hadika Jamshaid, Climate Change Specialist at the Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC), Pakistan, is also currently serving as the UNFCCC Gender Focal Person for Pakistan. She supports the MoCC in building climate resilient infrastructure, towards achieving Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), localizing carbon market tools for sustainable development, and [...] Read More
Till the Very Last Drop: Reforming Water Policy Alignment in Pakistan
Photo by Shahbaz Hussain from Pexels Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) approaches enable action by taking into consideration multiple options for enhancing water use efficiency, equal distribution among users, and environmental sustainability. Water resources management requires a more integrated approach, rather than a sectoral one. IWRM aims to: protect the interests of all upstream and [...] Read More
Crop Modeling: How it Can Support Climate-smart Agriculture Policies in Pakistan
Photo by Ahmad Anas/Shutterstock.com Climate change is impacting agricultural production in Pakistan, threatening the country’s development given its high economic dependence on this sector. Specifically, changes in rainfall and temperatures combined with rising instances of flooding are reducing crop yields and reducing the number of goods going to market. Traditional farmers are particularly vulnerable to [...] Read More
Adapting to Risk: Climate-smart Agriculture Practices in Bangladesh
Photo by Tarikul Raana Adapting to Risk: Climate-smart Agriculture Practices in Bangladesh Bangladesh is a country that is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In fact, the latest Germanwatch report ranks this country seventh globally in the Climate Risk Index for 2000-2019. Each year, its over 164 million people experience frequent and extreme [...] Read More
A Story of Resilience: Women and Climate-smart Agriculture
Photo by Sana Zulfiqar We are getting homegrown vegetables and getting an additional income too. I never thought before to earn and save 3500 rupees every month! – Rubina Abeneficiary of the Lodhran Pilot Project (LPP), Rubina was selected by the Village Disaster Management Committee to receive training on climate-smart agriculture tools and techniques [...] Read More