The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $ 9.8 million initiative for climate risk management to bolster resilience against extreme weather in flood-prone districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, Pakistan. This initiative, to be executed by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration with the Government of Pakistan, aims to enhance flood forecasting and anticipatory action by strengthening the technical capacity of the public sector in KP.
This resilience-building project will provide vulnerable and food-insecure rural households with climate-resilient tools to diversify their livelihoods and achieve financial sustainability. It will also improve climate information services, allowing communities to better prepare for and adapt to flash floods through improved flood risk information and local adaptation planning for resilient livelihoods and infrastructure. The initiative will benefit over 1.6 million vulnerable individuals affected by climate change by providing enhanced climate information services and an early warning system. The project plans to install automated weather and hydrometeorological stations in Buner and Shangla districts, offer tailored crop management advisories, reduce negative coping strategies during floods (such as cutting back on health, food, and education expenditures), and engage local entrepreneurs and the private sector.