A pivotal meeting of the National Climate Change Authority (NCCA) was held in Islamabad to assess the implementation of various measures outlined in the national climate change policy aimed at enhancing climate resilience across multiple socio-economic sectors.In a statement, Muhammad Saleem Shaikh, spokesperson for the Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Ministry, identified key sectors under discussion, including energy, water, agriculture, and public infrastructure.The meeting extensively reviewed strategies to foster collaboration among relevant federal and provincial government organizations in addressing the impacts of climate change, particularly focusing on challenges such as floods, heat waves, glacial lake outburst floods, shifting rainfall patterns, changing river flows, and groundwater depletion.Additionally, the meeting emphasized the need for formulating and coordinating ongoing and future climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience-building projects to fulfill Pakistan 's commitments under international conventions, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.In her remarks, Romina Khurshid Alam, Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, said that the government is increasingly prioritizing climate resilience, acknowledging Pakistan's vulnerability to climate impacts like extreme weather events, floods, droughts, and glacial melt.Earlier, in her opening remarks, Aisha Humera Moriani, Secretary of the Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Ministry, underscored Pakistan's escalating climate vulnerability and the severe repercussions of climate-related disasters, noting that the country is among the most affected globally despite contributing minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions.Source: Radio Pakistan