Enhancing Climate Adaptive Resilience and Economic Recovery (ECARE)

About this project

Pakistan faces intersecting crises of climate-induced disasters, economic instability, and energy insecurity, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations. The 2022 floods, which impacted over 33 million people and caused nearly USD 30 billion in damages, underscore the urgent need for integrated, resilient solutions.This project addresses these challenges through a transformative, multi-sectoral approach. It is structured around three interlinked outcomes:1. Enhancing anticipatory early warning systems using IoT-based multi-hazard monitoring, real-time data sharing, and culturally responsive communication.2. Supporting inclusive economic empowerment, particularly for women, through targeted livelihood restoration, financial inclusion, and skills development.3. Promoting climate resilience and decentralised renewable energy via climate-smart agriculture, local economic revitalisation, and off-grid energy systems.The project document is the umbrella program, which will serve as the key program for projects and the initiative focusing on enhancing climate resilience through EWS and economic Inclusive recovery, gender empowerment and providing solutions to the energy crisis in Pakistan by transitioning coal with renewable energy options/alternatives. An initial USD 4 million has been secured from the Government of China (CIDCA) for Outcome 1. The ECARE programme will adopt a phased financing model, enabling additional energy and economic empowerment projects to be integr…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 2Zero Hunger
• 7Affordable and Clean Energy
• 13Climate Action

Published by

United Nations Development Programme · Multilateral

Countries

Pakistan

Sectors

Public sector policy and administrative managementEnergy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologiesFormal sector financial intermediariesBusiness policy and administrationAgricultural policy and administrative managementAgricultural inputsImmediate post-emergency reconstruction and rehabilitationMulti-hazard response preparedness

Funded by

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE, CHINA

Implemented by

UNDP

Accountable

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Published by United Nations Development Programme to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41114-PROJECT-01004421.

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