Pakistan and World Bank have agreed to form a working group to chalk out collaborative framework for building climate resilient communities in Pakistan.
The understanding to this effect was reached during a meeting of World Bank’s team for Pakistan and Chairman NDMA General Inam Haider Malik in Islamabad on Tuesday.
During the meeting, they discussed various aspects of disaster management system in view of recent floods and sustainable disaster risk reduction models to protect vulnerable communities.
The Chairman NDMA informed the WB team about creation of National Institute of Disaster Management as national think tank on emergencies’ spectrum which will be mandated to create a collage of national universities and international organizations for researches and studies on climate change and disaster risk management in Pakistan.
Source: Radio Pakistan