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Under the comprehensive United
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These interventions are categorized under eleven key sectors including
Governance, Livelihood, Pollution, Groundwater, Urban, Tourism & Culture, and Communications. Each program has been designed in a manner that multiple projects can be executed by different agencies targeting the same outcome.
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Pakistan’s climate induced disasters in recent years have been heart-breaking, causing destruction on a scale that no nation can, or should have to, accept. It is therefore important to recognize and support projects like the Living Indus initiative for the hope and resilience it can offer
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The Indus Basin is facing devastating challenges due to environmental degradation, unsustainable population growth, rapid urbanization and industrialization, the unregulated utilization of resources, inefficient water use, and poverty. The Indus and its ecosystems are under pressure both from the
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Extensive consultations with the government, led by the Chief
Ministers of all the provinces, the public sector, private sector, experts, and civil society led to a ‘living’ menu of 25 preliminary interventions. These interventions are in line with global best practices, focusing on green
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Himalayas, through Indian and Pakistan Administered Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, flowing south-by-southwest through the length of Pakistan before emptying into the Arabian Sea near Karachi.
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Living Indus is an umbrella initiative and a call to action to lead and consolidate initiatives to restore the ecological health of the Indus within the boundaries of
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The Indus has supported a civilization for thousands of years, but with the current state of the management of the basin and the impact of climate change on the monsoon and the glacial melt, it might not be able to sustain
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A dedicated three-member team has been strategically positioned within MoCC&EC to bolster collaboration and alignment of objectives between the
Government of Pakistan and various stakeholders. The team includes:
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Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination (MoCC&EC), Government of Pakistan has highlighted eight priority interventions out of the 25. Implementation plans are being prepared for these.
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Recognizing the vast scale of the program, a comprehensive funding synopsis has been crafted, outlining a diverse array of financing instruments to drive the project forward effectively.
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It is serving as an overarching program, rallying call to action, seeks to spearhead and unify various efforts aimed at revitalizing the ecological well-being of the
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seemingly inexorable changing climate, temperature fluctuations, disruption of rainfall patterns, and early-stage efforts to adapt to and mitigate these effects.
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Particular emphasis is being placed on mobilizing youth and garnering widespread support. A dedicated Living Indus knowledge platform has been established at
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