GCISC Weekly Seminars

1. Uncertainty Analysis of Satellite and Reanalysis Precipitation Products for Hydro-Climate Applications in Pakistan, Engr M Umer, Research Fellow, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology (PMAS AAUR), 07-Oct-2022;
2. Assessing the Benefits of Addressing Air Pollution and Climate Change Simultaneously in Pakistan, Dr Kaleem Anwar Mir, Scientific Officer, GCISC, 17-Jun-2022;
3. Webinar: Quantifying Climate Change Impacts on Riverine Flows and Thermal Regimes, Dr Siraj Ul Islam, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Earth and Environment Sciences, Faculty of Environment, University of Northern British Columbia, 13-May-2022;
4. Water Sensitive Urban Design in the Twin Cities Pitfalls and the Opportunities, Dr Imran Khalid, Director, Governor & Policy, WWF, 18-Feb-2022;
5. Climate Change and its Impacts on the Stream Flow in the Swat Watershed, Dr M Naveed Anjum, Assistant Professor, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, PhD – Hydrology & Water Resources, 28-Feb-2020;
6. A Regional Climate Change Initiative (RCCI): Challenges and Opportunities, Ghazi Alam, Resident Fellow and Director of RCCI, Global Think Tank Network (GTTN),25-Oct-2019;
7. Drought Regionalization & Spatiotemporal Variability in Pakistan using Standard Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index, M Shoaib Juman Jamro, MS Scholar, Integrated Water Management, US-PCASW, MUET Jamshoro, 04-Oct-2019;
8. Introduction to the process of Legislation and Examination of Domestic Climate Change Legislation in the Context of Contemporary International Legal Regime, Ayesha Maria Seyal, Senior Instructor, Jurist Academy Islamabad, 27-Sep-2019;
9. Indus Basin Management: A Unified Systems Framework,Dr Taimoor Akhtar, Senior Research Fellow, University of Guelph, Canada, 02-Aug-2019;
10. Friends or Foes? Energy and Water Impacts of Kunar River Development in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Dr Hassaan F Khan, Post-Doctoral Scholar, Earth System Science, Stanford University, 12-Jul-19
11. GCISC’s contribution in the ‘Balochistan Water Engagement – Leaving No One Behind’, Aftab Ahmad Khan, Scientific Officer, GCISC, 26-Apr-2019;
12. Climate Adaptation Governess and Role of Sub National Governments, Dr Muhammad Mumtaz, Sao Paulo School of Management (EAESP), Brazil, 19-Apr-2019;
13. In Hydropower relevant to the National Grid in the age of declining VRE Cost, M Waqar Ahmed Khan, CEO of Star Hydro Power Limited, 12-Apr-2019;
14. Future Projections of Head Waves in Pakistan Using Ensamble NEX-GDDP Data Set, Jahangir Ali, Researcher, 29-Mar-2019;
15. Effective Proposal Writing for Securing Research Funding, Dr Attiq Ur Rahman, Project Management Consultant, 22-Mar-2019;
16. Research in the Age of Adaptation, Dr Adil Najam, Inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, 15-Mar-2019;
17. Report on progress of the CGE Meeting at UNFCCC Office Germany, Muhammad Arif Goheer, Head Agriculture & Coordination, GCISC, 08-Mar-2019;
18. Approaches for 1.5 Degrees: Which path to Halting Climate Change, Muhammad Amjad, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 08-Feb-2019;
19. The upcoming UN Environment’s Global Environment Outlook 6 (GEO6) Report, History, Assessment & Review Process, Muhammad Ijaz, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 25-Jan-2019;
20. Towards Enhanced Climate Action Transparency Framework: Challenges & Opportunities for Pakistan on Being Elected as a Member of CGE in UNFCCC, Muhammad Arif Goheer, Head Agriculture & Coordination, GCISC, 11-Jan-2019;
21. Glacial Lake Outburst Floods: Threatening the Livelihood of Mountain Communities in Northern Pakistan, Imran Khan, Research Associate, Social Development, Islamabad, 04-Jan-2019;
22. Spatio-temporat Assessment of Precipitation Responses to Vegetation Indices and crop yield in an irrigated and Rain Fed Unit Using Google Earth Engine, Aftab Ahmad Khan, Scientific Officer, GCISC, 07-Dec-2018;
23. How the Monsoon Rainfall over Pakistan is Different from the Main South-Asian/ Indian Summer Monsoon, Dr Faisal Saeed, Climate Expert, Pakistan Meteorological Department, Islamabad, 30-Nov-2018;
24. Importance of Science Education and Research According to the Teaching of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Hafiz Masood Alvi, Dars E Nizami Graduate, 16-Nov-2018;
25. Remote Sensing of Air Pollution that people can see: A Bulging Challenge in Big Cities under Climate Change, Dr Imran Shahzad, Associate Head, Department of Meteorology, Comsats University, Islamabad, 09-Nov-2018;
26. Human Faces of Climate Change, Laila Kiran, Filmmaker-Researcher, Climate Impacts, 26-Oct-2018;
27. Fate of Future Food Security of Pakistan Under Warming Extremes, Nuzba Shaheen, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 19-Oct-2018;
28. IPCC Special Report on the Impact of Global Warming of 1.5 C – An Overview, Shahbaz Mehmood, Head Climatology, GCISC, 12-Oct-2018;
29. Impact of Debris Cover on Glacier Melting in Karakoram, Dr Shaukat Ali, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 05-Oct-2018;
30. Educational Reforms Needed to Address Modern Era Challenges Including Climate Change, Umair Qureshi, CEO, Leader in Edu & Academic Development (Pvt) Ltd., 28-Sep-2018;
31. Emission Picture of Pakistan’s Agriculture: Historical Trends and Baseline Projections Under Food Security Scenarios, Muhammad Ijaz, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 14-Sep-2018;
32. Study of the Global and Regional Impacts of EL-NINNO Oscilation Magnitude Using ICTP AGCM, Mubashar Dogar, Scientific Officer, GCISC, 07-Sep-2018;
33. IPCC-AR6 WG-I-Recent Lead Author Meeting: Overview and Progress, Muhammad Adnan, Statistical Climatology Researcher at GCISC, 31-Aug-2018;
34. GCISC’s participation in the Inception Workshop of the NSFC-ICIMOD Project “Glacier changes and associated hydrologic impact under warming climate in Hunza Valley along the Sino-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)”, Dr. Muhammad Zia ur Rahman Hashmi, Head Water Resources & Glaciology, GCISC, 17-Aug-2018;
35. IPCC First Lead Author Meeting – AR6 WGI – Challenges in Assessment, Mr. Muhammad Amjad, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 10-Aug-2018;
36. Country level quantification of GHGs emissions: Training Programme in Korea: Proceedings, Lessons learnt for Pakistan and Invaluable Moments, Engr. Kaleem Anwar Mir, Scientific Officer, GCISC, 03-Aug-2018;
37. Atmospheric composition, data assimilation and climate change, Dr. Faheem Khokhar, IESE-NUST, 27-Jul-2018;
38. Comparison between statistical and dynamical downscaling of rainfall under Representative Concentration Pathways scenarios over the Gwadar-Ormara basin, Pakistan, Engr. Raazia Attique, M.Sc Geo-Information Sc. and Earth Obs. with specialization in Water Resources and Environmental Management, 13-Jul-2018;
39. Water Resources and Food Production in the Basins of the Hindu-Kush Himalaya (HKH): Quantification of Critical Moments and Adaptation Turning Points” (A component of the  HI-AWARE Project), Qurat ul Ain Ahmad, Senior Sc. Officer-GCISC, Ph.D candidate at the  Wageningen University, Netherlands, 06-Jul-2018;
40. Financial Planning for Energy Security in Pakistan – The Way Forward for Renewable Energy, Dr. Seeme Mallick, Ph.D. Env. Economics, 29-Jun-2018;
41. Brief overview of the recent IPCC Expert Meeting on Assessing Climate Information for Regions, Muhammad Adnan, Statistical Climatology Researcher at GCISC, 01-Jun-2018;
42. Envisioning user-friendly natural resources remote sensing products for dissemination, and decision making on climate change in Pakistan, Dr. Hammad Gilani, Ph.D. Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 25-May-2018;
43. IPCC’s GHG Inventory Guidelines Updation Process 2019: Experiences as a Lead Author, Muhammad Arif Goheer, Head Agriculture & Coordination, GCISC, 11-May-2018;
44. Experiences from ”Energy Transition Visiting Program (23-27 April 2018)” organized by HBS Germany, Muhammad Amjad, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 04-May-2018;
45. Global Change and Response for Sustainable Water Resources Management, Dr. Hassan Abbas, Chairman ZiZAK (Pvt) Ltd, 27-Apr-2018;
46. Impact of the 21st Century Climate Change on Surface Water Availability of the Transboundary Kabul River Basin, Dr. Zia Hashmi, Head Water Resources & Glaciology, GCISC, 20-Apr-2018;
47. Mapping Air Pollution Using Geospatial Technologies, Sahibzada Saadoon Hammad, Research Assistant, GCISC, 13-Apr-2018;
48. Sustainable Land Management Programme to Combat Desertification in Pakistan, Abdul Hamid, National Program Coordinator, Sustainable Land Management Program, 06-Apr-2018;
49. ‘Application of Sediment Transport and Reservoir Operation Modeling for Sustainable Water Resources Management” (Post Visit Seminar about USAID Training course held at Hydrologic Engineering Center, USA), Aftab Ahmad Khan, Scientific Officer, GCISC, 30-Mar-2018;
50. Hydro-Economic evaluation of Surface water reservoirs on Indus River System, Haris Mushtaq, Research Assistant, LEAD Pakistan, 16-Mar-2018;
51. Climate change risk perceptions, impacts and adaptation: A farmers perspective from Punjab, Pakistan, Dr. Muhammad Abid, CCRD, COMSATS IIT, Islamabad, 09-Mar-18;
52. ‘Tailored WRF Regional Climate Modeling for Hydrologic Impact Applications over Pakistan” – Post Visit Seminar about USAID Training held at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder-Colorado, USA, Shahbaz Mehmood and Muhammad Amjad, Head Climatology & Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 02-Mar-2018;
53. A Statistical Downscaling Model for Summer Rainfall over Pakistan, Dr. Dildar Kazmi, Meteorologist at National Agromet Centre, Pakistan Meteorological Department, 23-Feb-2018;
54. Karakoram cryosphere: Glacial lakes and associated threats, Dr. Muhammad Ashraf, Expert in Glacier studies, Ex-GMRC-WAPDA, 15-Feb-2018;
55. Scenario generation at farm level using R codes for AgMIP Pakistan, Burhan Ahmad, Meteorologist, PMD, 09-Feb-2018;
56. Exploring Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Pakistan through a System Dynamic Modelling Approach, Danyal Aziz, GCISC Researcher, 02-Feb-2018;
57. Karakoram cryosphere: Glacial lakes and associated threats, Dr. Muhammad Ashraf, Expert in Glacier studies, Ex-GMRC-WAPDA, 26-Jan-2018;
58. Soot emissions as a significant contributor to global warming, Nasreen Farah, Chief Scientific Officer, HDIP, 12-Jan-2018;
59. Planning and Assessment of Water Resource Projects in an uncertain climate future: Application of hydro-economic simulation Framework, Saba Batool, MS student at PIDE Islamabad, 05-Jan-2018;
60. Present and future climate projections of South Asian surface precipitation using dynamical downscaling method, Mehwish Ramzan, 29-Dec-2017;
61. Genetics of water deficit tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), Dr. Kashif Rashid, Ph.D. PBG; University of Agriculture Faisalabad, 08-Dec-2017;
62. Hydrological Projections and Reservoir Management, Statistical Downscaling of the Process-based Climate Models for the Upper Indus Basin, Dr. Firdos Khan, Ph.D. Alpen-Adria University, Austria, 24-Nov-2017;
63. Spatial Flood Risk Analysis of Chenab River from Marala to Qadirabad based on MCDA Approach, Engr. Sher Shah, BS Student, Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Peshawar, 17-Nov-2017;
64. Precipitation distribution and synoptic patterns in Austria under climate change conditions, Asma Yaqub, Research Scientist at the Institute of Meteorology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, 10-Nov-2017;
65. Climate Change Scenario: From Climate Model Ensemble to Local Indicators, Dr. Imran Nadeem, Institute of Meteorology (BOKU-MET), Austria, 03-Nov-2017;
66. Special Presentation Session – Development of an Energy Sector Modelling Emission Forecasting Tool for Pakistan, Kaleem Anwar Mir, Scientific Officer, GCISC, 02-Nov-2017;
67. Community-Government Partnership for Metered Clean Drinking Water: A Case Study of Bhalwal Pakistan, Muhammad Naveed Iftikhar, Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Delaware, USA, 27-Oct-2017;
68. Progress of recent research visits to China and Japan (related to Climate modelling) and future research directions, Dr. Shoukat Ali, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 20-Oct-2017;
69. Overview of Climate Change  Studies at CAEWRI-NARC/PARC, Dr. Bashir Ahmad, Principal Scientific Officer, Climate Change Alternate Energy and Water Resources Institute (CAEWRI), NARC/PARC, 13-Oct-2017;
70. Key Highlights of recently held ”2nd Lead Authors’ Meeting for the Elaboration of the 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National GHG Inventory Preparation” in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Muhammad Ijaz, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 06-Oct-2017;
71. Soil Erosion Modelling to Estimate Land Degradation Risks at National Level, Mudassar Maqsood, Associate Programme Coordinator, River Basin Management at ICIMOD, 29-Sep-2017;
72. Forest Land Use Change Assessment For Redd+ Monitoring Reporting And Verification System In Pakistan, Iqra Atif, Phd student (near completion) at IGIS-NUST, 22-Sep-2017;
73. Assessing climate change impacts on water demands: Clout of baseline scenario and key climate variables, Dr. Zaigham Habib, A Freelancer Researcher, 15-Sep-2017;
74. Women and Climate Change in Pakistan, Khawar Mumtaz, Chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), 08-Sep-2017;
75. Flood Risk Management in a Changing Climate, Dr. Imran Saqib Khalid, Research Fellow, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad, 25-Aug-2017;
76. Climate Change and Water Cycle Variability – Application of Hydrological and Hydraulic Modeling, Dr. Shakil Ahmad, Assistant Professor, NUST Inst. of Civil Engineering, 18-Aug-2017;
77. Food Security under Changing Climate Concerns, Dr. Mohsin Iqbal, IPCC Lead Author and former GCISC Section Head, 11-Aug-2017;
78. Assessment of Effects of Climatic Conditions on Ambient Air Quality, Dr. Anjum Rasheed, CCRD COMSATS IIT, 04-Aug-2017;
79. Community perception about changing climate and local adaptation in Gilgit River watershed, Zia Hashmi and Amjad Masood, Head Water & Scientific Officer, GCISC, 28-Jul-2017;
80. Who Will Think Outside The Sink? Farmers’ Willingness To Invest In Technologies For Groundwater Sustainability In Pakistan, Junaid Alam Memon, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad), 21-Jul-2017;
81. Policy Perspective of Energy-Water Nexus for Rural Areas – Case Study of Multan, Punjab, Sardar Mohazzam, Ph.D. (UNDP Lead Consultant), 14-Jul-2017;
82. “Hydro-climatic Studies Biases in the Hindukush-Karakoram-Himalayan Basins”, Dr. Asif Khan, Assistant Professor, KPK UET Peshawar, 05-Jul-2017;
83. Estimating Glacier Melt Rates in the Himalayas, Jewell Lund, Graduate Student, University of Utah, 04-Jul-2017;
84. Role of urban Environmental Gradients in Dengue transmission in Pakistan, Dr.Bushra Khalid, Post Doc, IIASA, 03-Jul-2017;
85. Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Variations of Soil Salinity Using Combination of Remote Sensing/GIS And Field Methods in Lakki Marwat, Tahir Burhan, Internee, 26-May-2017;
86. Estimating Pakistan’s GHGs emissions with particular focus on Agriculture sector, Muhammad Ijaz, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 12-May-2017;
87. Responding to Climate Change in the HKH: Experiences from the recent IPCC Outreach Event in Kathmandu. Nepal, Dr. Muhammad Zia ur Rahman Hashmi, Head Water Resources & Glaciology, GCISC, 28-Apr-2017;
88. Climate Change, Sustainable Development Goals and Cities, Muhammad Amjad, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 14-Apr-2017;
89. The International Visitor Leadership Program-2017 Our Planet: Addressing Regional Effects of Extreme Weather Events, Ms. Nadia Rehman, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 07-Apr-2017;
90. Petroleum Sector in The Context of Global Warming And Water Resource Management, Waseem Abbass, Intern attached to the Climatology & Environment Section, 27-Jan-2017;
91. Exploring the linkage between Geospherical Hazards and Climate Change, Khurram Mir and Harris, GCISC Water Section Interns, 13-Jan-2017;
92. Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources of Saudi Arabia (Case Study of Wadi Al Lith), Dr. Amjad Masood, Scientific Officer, GCISC, 23-Dec-2016;
93. Negotiating Climate Change: COP-22, From Agreement to Implementation, Arif Goheer, Head Agriculture & Coordination, GCISC, 16-Dec-2016;
94. Use of open access climate change scenario data sets by impact modelers: Issues and concerns, Nuzba Shaheen, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 09-Dec-2016;
95. The case for optimism on climate change, Al Gore, Albert Arnold “Al” Gore, Jr. is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton, 25-Nov-2016;
96. Monsoon Variability and Predictability in Pakistan in the context of Climate Change, Muhammad Adnan, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 18-Nov-2016;
97. In-country review of 2016 Malta’s submission: main findings for the energy sector, Kaleem Anwar Mir, Scientific Officer, GCISC, 11-Nov-2016;
98. Potential Rain Water Harvesting Solutions in Thar Desert Areas of Pakistan Using Geo-Spatial Solution, Aftab Ahmad Khan, Scientific Officer, GCISC, 04-Nov-2016;
99. Introduction and research activities of CORDEX and Future Earth for Asia, Dr. Shoukat Ali, Senior Scientific Officer, GCISC, 15-02-16;