Centre for climate resilience launched
Flood victims travel in a boat, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Talti town in Sehwan, Pakistan September 15, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS
The Centre for Water Informatics and Climate Resilience was launched here at the Institute of Management Sciences on Thursday.
The ceremony was held under a GIZ & BMZ funded project titled, ‘Supporting Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Improving Climate Governance’.
According to a press statement issued here, CWC is working in close collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) at the national level and the planning & developing department (P&DD) of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
Various national and provincial government officers, experts from academia, the private sector, UN agencies, and NGOs attended the event.
The aim of the ceremony was the official launch of the Centre for Water Informatics and Climate Resilience (CWC), IMSciences.
Under the project, IMSciences will extend support to provincial government in setting up a Climate Change Cell at the P&DD and operationalizing the Climate Finance Unit at the MoCC.
In addition, IMSciences is tasked to develop climate change-related curricula and implement a one-year diploma on climate change at the institutes for the relevant government officers and young professionals.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 26th, 2023.