Other Contributions & Recognitions

(i) Major Contributions by GCISC Senior Scientists towards preparation of:

• GCISC contributing to various chapters of Third National Communication. The effort was coordinated by Muhammad Arif Goheer on behalf of GCISC;
• Muhammad Arif Goheer & Muhammad Ijaz contributed to volume ix and v of Refinement to IPCC 2006 Greenhouse Gas Inventories Guidelines published by IPCC in 2019;
• GCISC research contribution to various chapters of Second National Communication. The effort was coordinated by Muhammad Arif Goheer on behalf of GCISC;
• 2nd Chapter NIR in the greenhouse Gas Inventory of Pakistan for the year 2018 in the BUR1 submitted by Pakistan to UNFCCC.
• Muhammad Adnan & Muhammad Amjad contributed in IPCC “Third Lead Author Meeting (LAM3)” for the Working Group 1 (WG1) contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), Toulouse, France, 26-30 August 2019;
• Muhammad Adnan & Muhammad Amjad contributed in IPCC Pre Fourth Lead Author Meeting (LAM) meeting during July 20-25, 2020 of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group I (WGI) Sixth Assessment Report;
• Muhammad Amjad contributed in IPCC Pre Fourth Lead Author Meeting (LAM) meeting during June 1- 5, 2020 of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group I (WGI) Sixth Assessment Report;
• Project research report “Climate smart agriculture through sustainable water use management: Exploring new approaches and devising strategies for climate change adaptation in South Asia,” APN E-Lib, accessed August 13, 2020, https://www.apn-gcr.org/resources/items/show/2012;
• Ministry of Climate Change. 2020. Forest Reference Emission Level of Pakistan, Ministry of Climate Change, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan;
• Dogar, M. M. A. (2020). Study of the regional climatic impacts of tropical explosive volcanism in the Middle East and North Africa region (Doctoral dissertation);
• M Zia Ur Rahman Hashmi, Shushghai-Zhendoli (S-Z) and Laspur-Murigram (L-M), GLOF and Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Study (GCRVAS) 2019;
• M Zia Ur Rahman Hashmi, “CORDEX vs. CMIP5 climate data over the data-scarce Kabul River basin: does spatial resolution matter?” Prepared for LEAD-P Cycle 5 project;
• Amjad Masood – Reviewed the WAPDA’s inception report titled as “Hydrological Modelling for Flow Forecasting Study of Kabul River Basin Using GIS/RS Technology” and provided my comments for its improvement;
• Remote Sensing for Spatio-Temporal Mapping of Smog in Punjab and Identification of the Underlying Causes Using GIS Techniques (R- SMOG) published by FAO;
• Muhammad Zia-ur-Rahman Hashmi, Amjad Masood and Shahbaz Mehmood. GCISC Report: Shushghai-Zhendoli (S-Z) Hydropower Project – GLOF and Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Study;
• National Inventory Report (NIR) for the year 2014-15 of the Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2014-15 has been finalized;
• Project Technical Report CBA2017-04MY-Akbar ‘’Improving Skills for Promoting Sustainable Watershed Management Practices in South Asia’’. Report has been submitted to APN which is available online on APN website;
• External reviewer of the Chapter titled; “Disaster Risk Reduction and Increasing Resilience” of the Second Order Draft of ICIMOD-HIMAP;
• A short report prepared in the context of Pakistan’ Indigenous Mitigation Efforts to Reduce Carbon Emissions;
• Final Report “Runoff Scenario and Water Based Adaptation Strategies in South Asia,” APN E-Lib, accessed July 18, 2019, http://www.apn-gcr.org/resources/files/original/b5fd5307612c241f327a9c12ce7da648.pdf;
• Kaleem Anwar Mir (2018). Air Quality Improvement and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Pakistan: An Integrated Approach” by National University of Singapore as a chapter in the book – Sustainability Matters Vol. VI;
• Mir, K. a., M. Ijaz, M. A. Goheer and S. Mehmood. 2018. Greenhouse Gas Inventory of Pakistan for the year 2014-15, Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), Islamabad, Pakistan;
• Enoki, T., Mwakasonda, S., Mir, K.A., Hyde, B., Federici, S., and Chiemchaisri, C. (2017). Report on the individual review of the annual submission of Malta FCCC/ARR/2016/MLT, United Nations Office at Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. DOI: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2017/arr/mlt.pdf;
• Technical report on the ‘Pakistan’s Current Mitigation Effort’ (2017) submitted to Prime Minister of Pakistan, Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), Islamabad, Pakistan;
• Mid Term Technical Report of APN-CSA Project (2017) The report of the Project on Climate smart agriculture through sustainable water use management: Exploring new approaches and devising strategies for climate change adaptation in South Asia submitted to Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research, Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), Islamabad, Pakistan;
• External Review of various chapters of ICIMPOD Hindukush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme Report by GCISC’s scientists;
• INDC-MoCC-GoP (2016), Pak-INDC Submitted to UNFCCC, a joint effort of Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), Ministry of Climate Change and other Government Agencies;
• Nuzba Shaheen and Muhammad Arif Goheer (2016) Technical Report of the project on Climate smart agriculture through sustainable water use management: Exploring new approaches and devising strategies for climate change adaptation in South Asia submitted to Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research, Japan;
• Ali, S., Eum, Hyung-Il., (2016): Multi-climate model climatic extremes, hydrological scenarios projections and associated uncertainties over Pakistan;
• Kaleem Anwar Mir and Muhammad Ijaz. (2016). Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory of Pakistan for the Year 2011-12, GCISC-RR-19, Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), Islamabad, Pakistan;
• M.  Zia ur Rahman Hashmi, Amjad Masood, Qurat ul Ain Ahmad and Shahbaz Mehmood (2015) Technical Report of APN Project “Runoff Scenarios and Water Based Adaptation Strategies in South Asia” (ARCP2013-20NMY-Shrestha);
• Chaudhry, Qamar uz Zaman, Ghulam Rasul, Ahmad Kamal, Munir Ahmad Mangrio, and Shahbaz Mahmood (2015) Severe Heat Wave over Southern Parts of Pakistan Focusing Karachi in June 2015. Ministry of Climate Change;
• M. Adnan, Nadia Rehman, Javeria Ashraf, M. Munir Sheikh, and Arshad M. Khan, (2015) Seasonal Predictability of Monsoon Rains in Pakistan. GCISC Research Report RR-18 (Interim);
• Kaleem Anwar Mir, and M. Ijaz (2016) Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory of Pakistan for the Year 2011-2012;
• Balakrishnan, Malini, S. R. Bajracharya, V. S. Batra, M. Z. Hashmi, and A. B. Shrestha (2016) Freshwater, in GEO6: Regional Assessment for Asia and the Pacific. UNEP;
• Goheer, M.A. and M. M. Iqbal (2014). Use of Crop Simulation Models for Climate Change Studies: Proceedings of the Start-up Workshop under APN Project “Assessment of Food and Water Security in South Asia under Changing Climate using Crop Simulation and Water Management models and Identification of Appropriate strategies for Adaptation to Meet the Future Demand (ARCP2008-20NMY-Iqbal)”, Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), Islamabad, Pakistan;
• Iqbal, M.M., M.A. Goheer, B.V.R. Punyawardena, A. DeSilva and A. Hassan (2014). Final Report of APN Project “Assessment of Food and Water Security in South Asia under Changing Climate using Crop Simulation and Water Management models and Identification of Appropriate strategies for Adaptation to Meet the Future Demand (ARCP2008-20NMYIqbal)”, Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), Islamabad, Pakistan;
• M. Munir Sheikh, Naeem Manzoor, Nadia Rehman, Muhammad Adnan, Arshad M. Khan, “Past and Projected Impacts of Climate Change on Forests of Pakistan”, (2015), GCISC- RR17, ISBN: 978-969-9395-19-2;
• Muhammad Adnan, Nadia Rehman, Javeria Ashraf, M. Munir Sheikh and Arshad M. Khan, (2015), “Seasonal Predictability of Monsoon Rains in Pakistan”, GCISC RR-18 (Interim), Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), Islamabad, Pakistan;
• Kaleem Anwar Mir, Muhammad Ijaz, (2015), “GCISC Research Report: RR-19 (Interim): Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory of Pakistan for the year 2011-2012, Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), Islamabad, Pakistan;
• “Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Islamabad and Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT)” carried out jointly by UN-HABITAT and MoCC. Three scientists from GCISC namely Mr. Munir Sheikh, Mr. Shahbaz Mehmood and Mr. Naeem Manzoor contributed in this report. The report was officially launched by the Honorable Federal Minister for Climate Change, Mr. Mushahidullah Khan on 05 June 2015.
• Final Report of the Planning Commission’s Task Force on Climate Change (2010) – a seminal document;
• National Climate Change Policy (2012);
• Work Programme for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Pakistan: Priority Areas (2014);
• Prestigious Role by a Senior GCISC Scientist as a Lead Author of the Chapter on ‘Food Security & Food Production Systems’ in the WG-II Part of the 5th Assessment Report (AR5) of IPCC (2014);
• Recognition by Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN, Kobe, Japan) for two GCISC led Regional Projects;
  • Capacity Building Project on Simulation Modeling (2003 – 2008):
    – recognized as a Model Project
  • Research Project on Climate Extremes (2005-2009)
    – recognized as an Outstanding Project
• Award of ‘Dr. Mubashir Hassan Medal’ in March 2014 to a Research Paper presented by GCISC at Pakistan Engineering Congress, 2011.