Pakistan: Climate Project Context:
In the face of the climate crisis, Pakistan#s 230 million people, as the 5th most at risk country, are among the world's most vulnerable facing a multitude of consequences of climate change. The current government in Pakistan launched differentprograms to deal with climate change but still they have failed to meet the needs of poor small-holder women farmers. These farmers are suffering from the impact of climate change and finding it difficult to grow food and crops. Floods, droughts, heat waves and sea intrusion are making it harder for the small farmers to get better yields from agriculture. They also lack enough fresh water to keep their livestock hydrated. There is need to push the government to develop pro-poor policies and invest in small farmers to reduce the impact of climate change and reduce hunger.

Project:
Oxfam in Pakistan works to overcome poverty and inequality in Pakistan, guided by its regional vision to #transform power relations by focusing on women#s rights and workingwith strategic partners#. Inspired by theregional vision, our country strategy is focused on challenging systemic inequalities due to climate change in agriculture, actively engaging and mobilizing small holder farmers and agri-workers especially women,dealing with shirking space of civil society to ensure the benefits of environmental and sustainable growth are equitably distributed, shared especially with the marginalized and excluded sectors of society. We are working across Pakistan with different stakeholders, and along with other social movements in the area that engage and hold government accountable to make pro poor policies and investment for sustainable development. The CLIMATE PROJECT align with the country strategy and contribute in achieving the regional and global vision while transforming the power relations by focusing on women farmers rights while working with strategic partners and movements in Pakistan. Building a support from the local level, Oxfam work as a convener while bringing diverse range of stakeholders at provincial and national level to facilitate policy formulation and implementation process to improve the small holder#s women farmer lives who fights with the climate change in Pakistan.

Oxfam in Pakistan has strong experience of linking local to global while doing research, create an enabling environment for policy development, advocacy, media work and public awareness building. Using all these tools and information under the CLIMATE project and experiences in working with the communities, partners, networks, alliances and social movements will put forward the needsand perspective of the poor and marginalized women farmers in Pakistan.  Oxfam in Pakistan has strong prorgamme on the climate change, agriculture and livelihoods which this project will use as an evidence to influence national and global leaders in terms of the importance and need for pro poor policies and will highlight the experiences and stories of the people that fight with the climate change.

Objective:
Create public movements to pressurize Pakistan government to take action and address climate change while developing pro poor policies and make investment for sustainable agriculture.