Affected by its destructive impacts. Especially developing countries are vulnerable to global warming and its consequences. Adaptation to climate change is a strategy with the ultimate goal of avoiding harm and costs that can arise from doing business as usual without taking climate change into consideration.
The Paris Agreement underlines the importance of adaptation and anchors the need for it in the international agenda. With the adoption of the Paris Agreement, its global goal on adaptation has been set as an indispensable component of climate action equal to mitigation.
Recent News & Events
Apply for Course: Strengthening Climate Adaptation and Resilience | One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership
Dated on January 31, 2025,
The course 'Strengthening Climate Adaptation and Resilience' focuses on the importance of adaptation to climate change. The course provides a comprehensive learning pathway starting with climate change fundamentals... Read more
Training of Trainers (ToT) Program on CLIMADA and the Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA)
Application Deadline: February 07,2025
GCISC, in partnership with UNU, GIZ Pakistan’s Energy, Climate Change, and Just Transition Cluster, and with ... Read more
Thematic Areas
Climate Risk Management
Climate risk management is vitally important process anticipated at minimizing the negative impacts of climate change while strengthening the resilience of communities and ecological structure Readmore
Adaptation Planning
National Adaptation Plan (NAP) has been developed to implement adaptation strategies, promote inclusivity, and facilitate collaboration among stakeholders Readmore
Climate Risk Financing
Pakistan faces an urgent need for climate finance due to its vulnerability to climate change and the increased ambition reflected in its revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). Readmore
Climate Transparency
As governments and organizations worldwide strive to mitigate the impact of climate change, it has become essential to track and evaluate progress towards sustainability goals.