Mustehsan Kazmi

[SenatorSherryRehman @sherryrehman]

When the Indian Water Minister says “not a single drop of water will flow to Pakistan” he is openly investing in the kind of weapon that is the last resort of rogue actors. Apparently the dark stain of humanitarian shame matters little to the Akhand Bharat mindframe. Nor do reality checks inform actions.
Not only is the Indian state illegally resiling from the Indus #Water Treaty that protects the sharing of #transboundary rivers, it is seeking to keep the region on a dangerous boil. The latest Indian plan for building the Chenab Beas Link Tunnel project aims to divert much more water than the earlier constructions that India had undertaken on river headworks, with some estimates suggesting a staggering 6 MAF as the goal.
This will unfortunately set in motion a trajectory of conflict that could move beyond politics into domains no responsible state wants to initiate. Pakistan has won most of the lawfare battles on water sharing. All international forums of justice have also endorsed Pakistan’s legal position.
Escalating to new thresholds of doctrinal hatred that embraces unprecedented water cutoffs is ill advised and irresponsible.
Ticking time bombs 💣 have a way of rolling around. What goes round very soon comes round. These are karmic cycles India should by now have understood.

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

Pakistan's most vulnerable communities are carrying a mental health burden that has no name.

JI's Road to Resilience report found psychological distress, from climate anxiety to chronic hopelessness, running through every community surveyed. For displaced families, transgender persons, and women in distress, the support systems are nearly non-existent.

Read the full report: https://t.co/v8m6sgZLp9

#GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #PakistanClimate #ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #Sustainability #ClimateImpact #SaveEnvironment #EcoAwareness #GreenFuture #ClimateAction #PakistanClimate

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

For millions of Pakistanis, migration is not a choice. It is what remains when services disappear, crops fail, and opportunity dries up.

Jinnah Institute's Road to Resilience report traces what vulnerable communities find on the other side: cities that are not waiting to receive them, and a different kind of deprivation in urban slums.

Read the full report: https://t.co/v8m6sgZdzB

#Urbanmigration #Sustainability #ClimateResilience #ClimateAdaptation #GeenFuture

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

Not all of Pakistan feels climate stress the same way.

Jinnah Institute's Resilience Index ranks every district by its capacity to withstand and recover from climate shocks. The districts bearing the most have the least resilience, and the gap is visible.

Read the full report: https://t.co/v8m6sgZLp9

#JinnahInstitute #RoadToResilience #ResilienceIndex #ClimateResilience #Pakistan

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

At the launch of Jinnah Institute's Road to Resilience report, Senator @SherryRehman makes the case for communities as agents of change, not passive recipients of aid.

After over a year of field research across Pakistan's provinces, the report finds that resilience remains unmapped and misunderstood and that communities are increasingly being left to navigate climate shocks on their own.

Read the report here: https://t.co/v8m6sgZdzB

#RoadToResilience #SherryRehman #JinnahInstitute #Pakistan #ClimateResilience

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

Primary responders in a disaster are not institutions, but neighbours who assist with their resources and networks.

Jinnah Institute's Road to Resilience finds that communities' social capital is the vital element in adaptive capacity.

Swipe through for the key takeaways.

Read the full report here: https://t.co/v8m6sgZLp9

#RoadToResilience #ClimateResilience #Pakistan #ClimatePolicy #JinnahInstitute

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

Anticipatory action matters, but it cannot substitute for the foundations that make households resilient in the first place.

At the Road to Resilience launch, Dr. Faisal Bari argued that without sustained investment in human capital and basic public services, social protection can only go so far. The harder, longer work is building the platform on which resilience can actually rest.

Access the full report here:

https://t.co/v8m6sgZLp9

#RoadToResilience #JinnahInstitute #Pakistan #ClimateResilience #HumanCapital

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

Cash transfers have been critical in cushioning households against Pakistan's compounding climate and economic shocks, but they were never meant to be the whole answer.

At the Road to Resilience launch, Ms. @SofiaShakil drew a distinction between passive and adaptive social protection, and explained why cash transfers must be the entry point, not the end point.

Download the full report here:
https://t.co/v8m6sgZLp9

#RoadToResilience #JinnahInstitute #Pakistan #SocialProtection #ClimateAdaptation

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

Pakistan has macroeconomic stability, but community-level resilience requires a different kind of reckoning, argued Dr. Ijaz Nabi.

Road to Resilience makes a case for linking up district level social capital to the ongoing IMF programme, which has never been suggested before.

Read the report here:
https://t.co/v8m6sgZdzB

#RoadToResilience #JinnahInstitute #Pakistan #ClimateResilience #EconomicResilience

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

Resilience is often a misused term that delivers unintended impact on ground, argues Senator @sherryrehman .

Jinnah Institute's Road to Resilience report asks communities what resilience actuallly means to them.

Read the full report:
https://t.co/v8m6sgZLp9

#RoadToResilience #SherryRehman #JinnahInstitute #Pakistan #ClimateResilience

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

Resilience isn't bouncing back. It's a composite of capacities that communities build along the way to adapt.

Jinnah Institute's Road to Resilience report asks the fundamental question: who will secure our communities, and who will ensure they don't fall through the cracks?

[Arifa Zahoor @arifazahoor]

Who would be responsible if she misses a major chunk of her grade for something that’s not even her control? Had alternative routes been open, this wouldn’t have happened.

[Arifa Zahoor @arifazahoor]

My sister has her Physics P6 @CambridgeInt today but has been stuck on GT road for the past two hours which is closed due to @PTI rally. Her paper is 20% of her grade & it’s at 6:00pm. Her school @BeaconhouseGrp BMI has been informed but they cannot do anything.

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

Road to Resilience breaks new ground with extensive fieldwork across Pakistan among vulnerable communities. The report documents how they withstand compounding climate shocks, and presents recommendations for policy actors.

Download the report: https://t.co/v8m6sgZLp9

#JinnahInstitute #RoadToResilience #ClimateResilience #Pakistan #ClimateAdaptation

[Mustehsan Kazmi @MustehsanR]

JI’s much anticipated research report is out! Please have a read!

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

Road to Resilience breaks new ground with extensive fieldwork across Pakistan among vulnerable communities. The report documents how they withstand compounding climate shocks, and presents recommendations for policy actors.

Download the report: https://t.co/v8m6sgZLp9

#JinnahInstitute #RoadToResilience #ClimateResilience #Pakistan #ClimateAdaptation

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

At a moment of heightened regional tensions, Pakistan's navy rescued distressed Indian sailors stranded in the Arabian Sea. Humanitarian responsibility goes beyond borders.

#Pakistan #MaritimeSecurity #Peacebuilding #PakIndia #ArabianSea

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

"Communities must be seen not just as voices to be recorded, but as agents of change who create their own measures of resilience. Local communities must be part of the exercise, and adaptation frameworks carry great meaning when they do. Yet the country response still tends to be fragmented." Senator @sherryrehman at Jinnah Institute's #RoadToResilience webinar.

Watch here: https://t.co/TuwGqK5VyK

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

H.E. @JaneMarriottUK at Jinnah Institute's #RoadToResilience webinar: "Think national, think federal, but act local. Local systems can provide adaptation more quickly, and communities know what the best response looks like on the ground. Climate must be integrated into absolutely everything. It is not an add-on."

Watch here: https://t.co/TuwGqK5VyK

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

"When women and youth have access to opportunities, they are simply better prepared and they recover faster. The gender dimension is not a separate discussion. It is a core building block," comments H.E. @SwedenAmbPK at Jinnah Institute's #RoadToResilience webinar.

Watch here: https://t.co/TuwGqK5VyK

[Jinnah Institute @JinnahInstitute]

Dr. Ijaz Nabi at Jinnah Institute's #RoadToResilience webinar: "The social capital of communities needs to be built up to strengthen resilience. Taking the indices developed in this report to the last mile to make them operational is the next essential step."

Watch here: https://t.co/TuwGqK5nJc