ISLAMABAD
\nFederal Secretary for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Aisha Humera Moriani has stressed the urgent need for Pakistan to move from a reactive to a proactive, risk-based approach to drought management, warning that climate change is making droughts more frequent and more severe.
\nAddressing a national consultative workshop on the National Drought Action Plan in Islamabad, she said drought was no longer a distant or occasional threat but an increasingly persistent challenge driven by rising temperatures, water stress and climate variability. \u201cPakistan is already among the countries facing high water risk and drought directly affects agriculture, water resources, food security, ecosystems and livelihoods,\u201d she said, adding that past responses had largely focused on post-impact relief rather than preparedness.
\nMoriani highlighted the need for a coordinated institutional and policy framework to translate data into action.
\nShe acknowledged the role of the International Water Management Institute, the Pakistan Meteorological Department and partners in developing the Pakistan Drought Management System, which provides real-time monitoring and early warning capabilities.
\n\u201cThis is a significant step forward. However, data alone is not enough. We need systems that ensure timely data-informed and evidence-based decisions and on-ground implementation,\u201d she said.
\nThe secretary informed participants that the ministry, with support from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and following extensive consultations, had developed a National Drought Action Plan.
\nThe plan is structured around key pillars, including planning and resource mobilisation, governance and policy, early warning systems, local mitigation actions and capacity building.
\nThe workshop, attended by representatives from federal and provincial governments, development partners and organisations including IWMI, PMD, the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the UK\u2019s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, aimed to finalise an operational framework for implementing the plan.
\nParticipants discussed identifying priority sectors, defining institutional roles and responsibilities, and developing a roadmap for short, medium and long-term actions. Moriani emphasised that effective drought management required strong coordination among federal and provincial governments, technical agencies and development partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Federal Secretary for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Aisha Humera Moriani has stressed the urgent need for Pakistan to move from a reactive to a proactive, risk-based approach to drought management, warning that climate change is making droughts more frequent and more severe. Addressing a national consultative workshop on the National Drought Action Plan …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":95586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95591,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95567\/revisions\/95591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}