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Join us on Thursday, October 20 at 2:00 p.m. EDT for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar entitled “Pakistan’s Legal Framework to Manage the Risks of Extreme Climate Events & Disasters.” This past summer, nearly one-third of Pakistan was flooded by extreme monsoon rains and melting glaciers that began in mid-June and continued into September, where as of now it is being reported that nearly 1,400 people have died, 13,000 injured, and millions of people have been displaced and rendered homeless. This webinar, presented by senior foreign law specialist Tariq Ahmad, will try to provide an overview of Pakistan’s legal & policy framework to deal with climate change issues and manage the risk of extreme climate events and disasters at the federal, provincial, and local level. It will focus on environmental protection, climate change adaptation and mitigation measures, national disaster risk reduction and management, and climate change litigation. The webinar will also explore challenges to strengthening institutional capacity and governance to deal with climate change disasters.