User:Hussainturi

Problem Statement: Pakistan is prone to natural hazards and disasters, including floods, earthquakes, and drought. The GFDRR reports that 9% of the national territory is at risk from two or more hazards, representing 40.1% of the population and 41.6% of GDP. According to World Bank data 2014, Pakistan is bearing around $7Billion of economic loss annually which is 2-3 % of national GDP. Major meteorological disasters occurred in recent past years, indicating a pattern of increasing recurrence associated with climate change, 17 out of 40 districts lacks hydro-met data. According to recent DFID Scoping Study that Pakistan lacking localize forecast capacity (lower level at district and community level). Another major gap in early warning system is that climate information is not produced for different user groups; agriculture, water, fishermen, travelers, smallholder farmers, poor and vulnerable areas and communities etc. Extreme weather events are among the most harmful impacts of climate change which is an obstacle to majority of the population (al-least 40%) to achieve sustainable development goals.

Casual Analysis: The causes of meteorological and weather related disasters are multifold such as global changes in climate and weather patterns, low level of preparedness at government and community level, no or poor link between development and community resilience, capacity gap in the lack of timely forecasting of risks and at large mitigation to disasters, increases the vulnerabilities of Pakistani people to hydro-meteorological hazards. The lack of preparedness capacity at local government and community level, the increase in the frequency and intensity of metrological/hydrological disasters compounded to the problem and a risk to push millions people to poverty trap every disaster years and reap the progress towards the sustainable goal of building resilience communities and nations.

Proposed Actions: Sharing Weather information such as advisory, alerts, early warning is key elements of preparedness and managing of disaster risk and among the best options to mitigate the impacts and costs of such events. The project objective is to improve disaster preparedness and to reduce vulnerability to climate change and disaster impacts on lives and livelihoods, particularly of women, from extreme weather events and enhance resilience of vulnerable populations.(Goal 13 of SDGs). This project is piloting in 2 districts with population of approx. 2 million, both districts are high risk areas to meteorological hazards.