IJPSD

ISSN: 2360-784X

 International Journal of Political Science and Development
 

International Journal of Political Science and Development

Vol. 8(6), pp. 199-208, June, 2020. 

DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2020.125

ISSN: 2360-784X

Research article

Challenges to the Implementation of National Climate Change Policy of Pakistan

Dr Sajid Hussain^1*, Irfan Raja² and Muhammad Imran Mehsud³

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Swabi University.

Corresponding author’s E-mail: drsajid@uoswabi.edu.pk

²MPhil Candidate, Department of Political Science, Hazara University Mansehra

³PhD Candidate, School of Politics and IR, Quaid I Azam University Islamabad

Accepted 10 June 2020

Climate change in considered the most burning issue of the contemporary world. The developed and the developing world are collectively trying to have solutions by adopting common efforts. Climate change is socio, environmental concept and term refers to adverse changes caused by human actions that affect the human life negatively. Pakistan as the signatory of United Nation Convention on Climate Change and other international environmental agreements and most vulnerable to Climate Change, have legal and ethical binding to initiate the efforts to address the issue. In response to this commitment, Pakistan formulated its National Climate Change policy in 2012. National Climate Change policy of Pakistan outlines the key policy guidelines and recommendation for the adaptation, mitigation and addressing climate change problem. However, the policy formulation and its   implementation are quite different. After passing six years of its formulation still we are behind from the scene. There are multidimensional barriers and challenges in relation to conceptualizing and implementing the policy. This paper is an attempt to explore the key barriers and challenges related to the implementation of National Climate Change policy of Pakistan by reviewing existing primary and secondary source material.

Key Words: Climate Change, National Policy, Challenges.