Adaptive Social Protection to strengthen long-term resilience and address drivers of displacement in Pakistan

About this project

According to the Global Climate Risk Index, Pakistan is amongst the ten countries in the world most affected by climate change from 2000 to 2019.[1] The country has in recent years experienced several extreme weather events (droughts, floods and heatwaves) ¿ the frequency, intensity and associated costs of which are expected to increase. The unprecedented scale and magnitude of the floods in 2022, which have impacted 33 million and caused over US$30 billion in damages and economic losses, confirm this trend.[2] Coupled with a challenging macro-economic environment marked by high inflation and an unsustainable debt burden, this has resulted in high incidences of poverty (39.4%)[3] and vulnerability including high levels of food insecurity, stunting and malnutrition. These challenges, in an already fragile political and security context, present risks of potential conflict, instability and increased movements of population. For reference, nearly 8 million people were displaced internally because of the floods in 2022.[4]Pakistan¿s capacity to adapt to the impact of climate change and shocks and protect its most vulnerable populations is an immediate shared priority to avert a larger crisis that could have spill-over effects beyond its borders. Adaptive Social Protection, i.e. the integration of disaster risk management (DRM), climate change adaptation and social protection is increasingly recognized as a viable set of policies and interventions addressing root causes of povert…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 10Reduced Inequalities
• 11Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13Climate Action

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Pakistan

Sectors

Multi-hazard response preparednessDisaster Risk ReductionSocial Protection

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusGood governance · Main focusClimate adaptation · Main focusDisaster risk reduction · Main focus

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2021-ACT-62642.

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