Research, policy analysis and climate evidence.

From Disaster Response to Climate Resilience

A Climate Budget Assessment of Gilgit-Baltistan’s FY2026–27 Interim Budget

Pervez Ali

A rapid assessment of Gilgit-Baltistan’s interim budget, presented on 13 July 2026, examining how public spending connects with climate resilience, vulnerability and longer-term adaptation priorities. Figures are triangulated across three independent outlets pending publication of the official budget documents.

Pakistan’s FY2026–27 Climate Budget Reduction

Implications for Resilience, Climate Finance and Intergenerational Equity

Sania Asim, Fatimah Muneer

The full policy paper on the federal climate budget reduction, which set the Ministry of Climate Change PSDP allocation at Rs2.48 billion — the smallest in at least five years and part of an 83% decline since FY2021–22. Examined through administrative, local, international and youth lenses.

Pakistan’s FY2026–27 Climate Budget Reduction: Divisional Summary

Implications for Resilience, Climate Finance and Intergenerational Equity

The short-form edition of Policy Brief No. 003, prepared by the International Climate Policy and Research & Development Divisions. Covers the same analysis as the full paper in a briefer format.

ACE at the SB64

Dialogue, Technical Workshop, and Negotiations

Babar Nasir, Mutahira Gillani, Rafia Imtiaz, Syeda Hoorain Imran

A report on Action for Climate Empowerment at the sixty-fourth sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies in Bonn. With the Glasgow Work Programme and its action plan ending in 2026, SB64 carried a midterm review expected to shape whether a successor plan is mandated ahead of COP31.

State of Play at Bonn

SB64 Midway Media Brief

Mutahira Hasnain Gillani, Pervez Aly

A stocktake of the first week of SB64, assessing how far discussions were translating into negotiated outcomes across the Global Goal on Adaptation, the Just Transition Work Programme, mitigation and energy transition, and climate finance.

Mountain Frontlines, Youth Futures and Direct Climate Finance

ClimateWatch submission to the YOUNGO Global Youth Statement 2026

International Climate Policy, Education for Sustainable Development & Research and Development Divisions

Policy demands from Pakistan’s mountain and climate-vulnerable communities ahead of COP31 in Antalya. Carries three linked packages: frontline access to loss-and-damage and climate finance; preventive adaptation, disaster risk reduction and people-centred early warning; and youth participation.

Wildlife of Northern Pakistan

Gilgit-Baltistan & Chitral

ClimateWatch Research Team

A reference publication on the wildlife of northern Pakistan’s mountain systems, covering biodiversity, endangered species, protected areas and the threats they face. Includes a glossary of the conservation bodies and monitoring frameworks operating across the region.