Climate Change Profile of Pakistan.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Currency Equivalents -- Weights and Measures -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- I. Introduction -- A. Country Overview -- B. Government's Climate Change Objectives: Adaptation and Mitigation -- C. About this Report -- II. Climate Change Trends and Impacts -- A. Greenhouse Gas Emission Profile of Pakistan -- B. Climate Change Trends in Pakistan -- 1. Observed Past Climate Trends -- 2. Projections of Future Climate Trends in Pakistan -- a. Future Trends of Temperature and Precipitation -- b. Projected Sea Level Rise -- C. Sector Climate Change Impacts -- 1. Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture, Livestock, and Forestry -- 2. Climate Change Impacts on Water Sector in Pakistan -- 3. Climate Change Impacts on Energy Sector -- 4. Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Areas -- 5. Climate Change Impacts on Transport and Urban Sector -- 6. Climate Change Impacts on the Health Sector -- III. Institutional Arrangements for Climate Change -- A. Evolution of Climate Change Institutional Arrangements in Pakistan -- 1. Disaster Risk Management Arrangements -- 2. The Ministry of Climate Change -- B. Climate Change Linkages to Key Sectors -- 1. National Climate Change Policy (2012) -- 2. Other Supporting Policies and Framework -- IV. Climate Finance Landscape of Pakistan -- A. Domestic Climate-Relevant Finance Mechanisms and Tools -- 1. Planning Processes and Receptivity toward Climate Change -- 2. Provincial Financial Landscape and Climate Change -- 3. Institutional Structure for Managing Climate Finance -- B. International Climate Finance -- V. Climate Change Adaptation Technologies in Pakistan -- A. Sector-Specific Adaptation Technologies to Climate Risks -- B. Research Gaps.

VI. ADB Initiatives in Pakistan and their Exposure to Climate Change Risks -- A. Asian Development Bank Initiatives in Pakistan -- B. Climate Change Risk Screening Approach -- C. Initial Climate Change Risk Screening of Asian Development Bank Development Program Portfolio in Pakistan -- D. Risk Summary by Sector and Subregion -- Additional Suggested Readings -- References -- Appendixes -- 1 Clean Development Mechanism Projects of Pakistan -- 2 Priority List of Federal Adaptation and Mitigation Projects of Pakistan, 2013-2014 -- 3 A Brief Overview of the Available International Climate Financing -- 4 Description of Some Suggested Adaptation Technologies for Pakistan -- 5 Classification of Climate Change Relevant Activities -- 6 Pakistan District Level Climate Risk and Hazard Assessment Classification.

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