Climate-water governance: a systematic analysis of the water sector resilience and adaptation to combat climate change in Pakistan

Climate change and water security have become the most challenging global issues of this era, especially for developing countries like Pakistan. Amid many hindrances, poor governance has been identified as one of the most pressing reasons for ineffective action to tackle multifaceted and integrative...

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Autores principales:	Hafiz Qaisar Yasin, Jessica Breadsell, Muhammad Naveed Tahir
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Publicado:	IWA Publishing 2021
Materias:	climate adaptation climate change climate governance policymaking resilience water governance River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:357981ab0a0645a38f7c9793d9bf49012021-11-05T20:07:54ZClimate-water governance: a systematic analysis of the water sector resilience and adaptation to combat climate change in Pakistan1366-70171996-975910.2166/wp.2020.113https://doaj.org/article/357981ab0a0645a38f7c9793d9bf49012021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://wp.iwaponline.com/content/23/1/1https://doaj.org/toc/1366-7017https://doaj.org/toc/1996-9759Climate change and water security have become the most challenging global issues of this era, especially for developing countries like Pakistan. Amid many hindrances, poor governance has been identified as one of the most pressing reasons for ineffective action to tackle multifaceted and integrative climate-water issues in Pakistan. This article, therefore, applied a systematic literature review methodology to examine the current climate-water governance archetype, including key areas, major elements, critical gaps, and potential strategy in Pakistan. This study found that key climate-water governance areas in Pakistan are: river basin and watershed management, agriculture and irrigation management, urban and domestic water issues, floods, droughts and disaster management, groundwater management, and transboundary management. Moreover, it is revealed that the major governance elements are political commitment and leadership, policy formulation and regulation, institutional capacity and coordination, stakeholder engagement, and resource management, technology, and infrastructure development. The article also discusses how Pakistan has not effectively employed most of the identified governance elements to tackle its climate-water problems, lacking mostly in political, policy, institutional, coordination, and infrastructure aspects. In conclusion, a four-dimensional governance strategy, encompassing leadership, policy, institutions, and stakeholders is proposed to improve water sector resilience and adaptation to combat climate change in Pakistan. Highlights Poor governance is identified as the major reason for ineffective climate-water action in Pakistan.; Leadership, policy, institutions, and stakeholders are key facets of climate-water governance.; Pakistan lacks political leadership, policy processes, institutional capacity, and stakeholder engagement.; A four-dimensional strategy leadership-policy-institutions-stakeholders is needed to improve climate-water governance.;Hafiz Qaisar YasinJessica BreadsellMuhammad Naveed TahirIWA Publishingarticleclimate adaptationclimate changeclimate governancepolicymakingresiliencewater governanceRiver, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)TC401-506ENWater Policy, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-35 (2021)
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spellingShingle	climate adaptation climate change climate governance policymaking resilience water governance River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General) TC401-506 Hafiz Qaisar Yasin Jessica Breadsell Muhammad Naveed Tahir Climate-water governance: a systematic analysis of the water sector resilience and adaptation to combat climate change in Pakistan
description	Climate change and water security have become the most challenging global issues of this era, especially for developing countries like Pakistan. Amid many hindrances, poor governance has been identified as one of the most pressing reasons for ineffective action to tackle multifaceted and integrative climate-water issues in Pakistan. This article, therefore, applied a systematic literature review methodology to examine the current climate-water governance archetype, including key areas, major elements, critical gaps, and potential strategy in Pakistan. This study found that key climate-water governance areas in Pakistan are: river basin and watershed management, agriculture and irrigation management, urban and domestic water issues, floods, droughts and disaster management, groundwater management, and transboundary management. Moreover, it is revealed that the major governance elements are political commitment and leadership, policy formulation and regulation, institutional capacity and coordination, stakeholder engagement, and resource management, technology, and infrastructure development. The article also discusses how Pakistan has not effectively employed most of the identified governance elements to tackle its climate-water problems, lacking mostly in political, policy, institutional, coordination, and infrastructure aspects. In conclusion, a four-dimensional governance strategy, encompassing leadership, policy, institutions, and stakeholders is proposed to improve water sector resilience and adaptation to combat climate change in Pakistan. Highlights Poor governance is identified as the major reason for ineffective climate-water action in Pakistan.; Leadership, policy, institutions, and stakeholders are key facets of climate-water governance.; Pakistan lacks political leadership, policy processes, institutional capacity, and stakeholder engagement.; A four-dimensional strategy leadership-policy-institutions-stakeholders is needed to improve climate-water governance.;
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title	Climate-water governance: a systematic analysis of the water sector resilience and adaptation to combat climate change in Pakistan
title_short	Climate-water governance: a systematic analysis of the water sector resilience and adaptation to combat climate change in Pakistan
title_full	Climate-water governance: a systematic analysis of the water sector resilience and adaptation to combat climate change in Pakistan
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title_full_unstemmed	Climate-water governance: a systematic analysis of the water sector resilience and adaptation to combat climate change in Pakistan
title_sort	climate-water governance: a systematic analysis of the water sector resilience and adaptation to combat climate change in pakistan
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Climate-water governance: a systematic analysis of the water sector resilience and adaptation to combat climate change in Pakistan

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