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    National Climate Change Policy of Pakistan 2012: A Critical Analysis
    (UMT, Lahore, 2020) Abdul Basit
    Nearly all public policies fail in Pakistan to achieve their stated objectives. Some fail partially while others fail in toto. We experiment with what can be called “biblio-policies,” that are purely theoretical, well-drafted and often, grandiose documents but which crash most of the time at the implementation stage. Prospective analysis to make the policies implementable is rare. Bureaucrats receive small doses, more like appetizers, of public policy, in short training courses at the national and provincial training institutions. When tasked with real-life issues like climate change, they either succeed in producing a well-drafted, grandiose document or turn to “outsourcing” for policy formulation. NCCP – 2012 is a document demonstrating superb drafting skills and addressing all the relevant technical issues related to climate change. It even contains an implementation framework. Representatives of the Government renew commitments at the annual UNFCCC’s Conference of Parties and on their return, things remain where they were. Despite climate change driven natural disasters such as the flood of 2010, climate change was not made into a priority. That flood affected 20 million people, killed close to 2000, and damaged property worth $43 billion. But Climate change is not a political priority because the issue has little appeal for the electorate. This study analyses the causes of the Government’s failure in implementing Pakistan NCCP–2012 despite passage of eight years. It then offers a few recommendations that require focused and immediate attention of the policy communities in Pakistan.