Disaster risk reduction strategies and climate change policy Punjab: Linking DRR to CCP

This paper emphasizes that it is essential for the province of Punjab to understand how climatic changes and associated disasters and hazards are having an impact on the lives of the people. The extreme events in the province are posing a challenge to the existing institutional arrangements and structures. This calls for the development of policies and action plans at the provincial level to cope with the impacts of climate change.

Furthermore, it is necessary to highlight disaster risk reduction ​(DRR) as a cornerstone in planning for extreme events and their disastrous impacts. Hence, the study recommends integrating and harmonizing DRR strategies and the climate change policy in Punjab, by adopting a holistic approach.