The WWF-Pakistan released its report on climate change titled Climate Change Adaptation in the Indus Ecoregion: A Micro-Econometric Study of the Determinants, Impact and Cost Effectiveness of Adaptation Strategies.

The report provides a summary of results of 11 studies carried out over the past two years (2011, 2012) under the Building Capacity on Climate Change Adaptation in the Coastal Areas of Pakistan, a Worldwide Fund for Nature-Pakistan project jointly administered with partners LEAD-Pakistan and WWF-UK with the financial support of European Union.

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of adaptation to climate the impact in Bangladesh. The combination of being located at the confluence of three major rivers, and being extremely low lying, Bangladesh is vulnerable to extreme weather events such as typhoons and flooding.

This report attempts to highlight the risks facing coastal communities that inhabit Jiwani (Gwader District of Balochistan), and Kharo Chan and Keti Bunder (Thatta District of Sindh). The CVA intends to showcase the key threats facing the Indus Delta.

By 2025, coastal areas of Pakistan and neighbouring regions have climate resilient ecosystems to support the livelihood/lives of coastal communities.

The World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan’s (WWF-P’s) Building Capacity on Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Areas of Pakistan or CCAP project (see www.wwfpak.org) envisages establishing climate resilient ecosystems that sustain Pakistani coastal communities’ livelihoods by 2025.