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Karachi city climate change adaptation strategy: a roadmap

The study, Karachi city climate change adaptation strategy a road map, is conducted by Shehri-Citizens for a Better Environment, with the support of Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung and Department of Architecture & Planning of the NED University of Engineering and Technology. The study identifies and prioritises the people and assets at possible risk and the key actions required to make Karachi a resilient city in addition to identifying the critical governance, institutional, technological gaps and constraints. The study said that Karachi accounted for 95 per cent of Pakistan’s foreign trade and contributed 30 per cent to national industrial production. It accounted for 40 per cent of national employment in large-scale manufacturing and contributed 25 per cent of national and 40 per cent of provincial revenues.