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Since late 2007, LEAD has been pursuing upstream
interventions in the emerging areas of environment –
climate change is one of the most pressing
challenges facing the world today and more true for
Pakistan as a developing country than many
industrialized nations.
LEAD is the first organization in the country to
build a data-base of information and knowledge on
climate change in Pakistan, besides developing a
network of over 200 members having access to leading
international experts on the climate change.
LEAD is consolidating its policy engagement work
through a national issue under a new thematic
program of Climate Change bringing upstream its
field and organizational work. Thus, the Climate
Change is a new chapter in the nascent history of
LEAD Pakistan.
The program is oriented at inspiring environment and
sustainable development leadership at the national
and global policy levels emphasizing knowledge
management (given the severe dearth of applicable
knowledge in the country), policy engagement and
networking, policy research, dialogues, and
communications to a greater extent.
The program is also aimed at identifying and
developing national positions for international
negotiations, beginning with the crucial Copenhagen
Summit in November, 2009, and working back to
identifying mitigation and adaptation options for
policy actions nationally.
As in other macro issues, the primary responsibility
for Pakistani positions globally and policy actions
nationally is that of government, in this case led
by the Ministry and Departments of Environment.
LEAD’s role will be to activate and facilitate the
government actions at all levels through knowledge
management (communicating appropriate knowledge),
networking (an active, mobilized Knowledge Network
on Climate Change - KNCC), and policy engagement
(bringing technical expertise, stakeholder views,
and community “voice” into the policy process).
We would like you to read about two important
projects under the Climate Change that LEAD is
currently working on:
(Last updated: March 01, 2011) |
