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Sharing our Resources: A Vision for Addressing Cross Border Water Scarcity Caused by Climate Change

Regional Workshop for Journalists on Climate Change

Training Report March 28th – 30th 2010

Islamabad

Prepared by: Training Unit

Core Services Department LEAD Pakistan

F-7 Markaz, Islamabad Phone: +92 (051) 2651511

Fax: +92 (051) 2651512 Website: www.lead.org.pk

Regional Workshop for Journalists on Climate Change 1

Table of Contents Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................................ 3 Background ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Workshop Agenda ......................................................................................................................................... 7 Core Faculty Profiles ................................................................................................................................... 11 Facilitators ................................................................................................................................................... 13 Participants Profiles .................................................................................................................................... 14 Participants from India ............................................................................................................................ 14 Participants from Pakistan ...................................................................................................................... 18

Proceedings Day One .................................................................................................................................. 24 Session One: Workshop Inauguration .................................................................................................... 24 Session Two: Climate Change and Hydro – Politics in the Indus Basin ................................................... 25 Session Three: Refresher on Climate Change ......................................................................................... 26 Session Four: Climate Change and Trans‐boundary Water Issues ......................................................... 28 Workshop Evaluation Day ‐ One ............................................................................................................. 29 Overall Workshop Evaluation Day ‐ One ................................................................................................. 30

Proceedings Day TWO ................................................................................................................................. 31 Session Six: Climate Change Effects in Indus Delta and Wetlands ......................................................... 32 Session Seven: Framing the Story – Key Reporting/ Documenting Tips ................................................. 32 Session Eight: Water Issues from Kashmiri Perspective ......................................................................... 34 Session Nine: Climate Change – Environment, Development, Population and Food Security ............... 35

Preparation of Action Plan for Journalist’s Participation in COP – 16 and linkage of the workshop with future Endeavors ......................................................................................................................................... 37 Action Plan for COP – 16, Mexico ........................................................................................................... 37 Networking among Journalists from India and Pakistan ........................................................................ 38 Workshop Evaluation Day – Two ............................................................................................................ 38 Overall Workshop Evaluation Day ‐ Two ................................................................................................ 40

Proceedings of Day Three ........................................................................................................................... 41 Field Visit: Climate Change Mitigation .................................................................................................... 41 Certificate Distribution Ceremony .......................................................................................................... 42 Overall Workshop Evaluations ................................................................................................................ 43 Hospitality Evaluations ............................................................................................................................ 45 Pre and Post Workshop Evaluations ....................................................................................................... 45

Media Coverage .......................................................................................................................................... 49 Website ....................................................................................................................................................... 49 Conclusion and Way Forward ..................................................................................................................... 49 Workshop Testimonials .............................................................................................................................. 51 Annexure ..................................................................................................................................................... 54 Annex A: List of Participants from Pakistan ............................................................................................ 54 Annex B: List of Participants from India .................................................................................................. 55 Annex C: List of Resource Persons and Facilitators ................................................................................ 56


Annex D: Workshop Evaluation Form ..................................................................................................... 58 Annex E: Overall Workshop Evaluation Form ......................................................................................... 59 Annex F: Pre Workshop Evaluation Form ............................................................................................... 62 Annex G: Post Workshop Evaluation Form ............................................................................................. 63 Annex H: Responses of the participants in Pre and Post Workshop Evaluations ................................... 64


Abbreviations

CBOs Community Based Organizations

CCMP Climate Change Media Partnership

CLAN Climate Leaders Action Network

CC Climate Change

CDKN Climate Development Knowledge Network

DFID Department of International Development

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment

GCISC Global Change Impact Study Centre

IANS Indo-Asian News Service

IPCC International Panel on Climate Change

IWT Indus Water Treaty

LEAD Leadership for Environment and Development

NAPA National Adaptation Plan of Action

One UN JPE One UN Joint Programme on Environment

PPPs Public-Private Partnerships

SUKHI Society for Up Gradation of Knowledge, Health and Infrastructure


Background In the recently concluded UN Climate Conference 2009 held in Copenhagen, the Nobel Laureate Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, called upon South Asian countries, particularly India and Pakistan, to work together to tackle climate change. He said countries in the Asian sub-region would be facing severe consequences, which included water shortages. Dr Pachauri said the subcontinent must rise above divisive issues and adopt a common position to address climate change impacts. Climate change will impact the South Asian region in a number of ways. Foremost, water supplies will be greatly affected not just by retreating glaciers, but more broadly by changes in snowmelt and precipitation patterns (especially the monsoon). Indeed, it is the change in precipitation which is helping to drive de-glaciation, as in many areas more ice is ablating from glaciers than is being added to them. Experts point out that Pakistan will soon be a water stressed country. The majority of Pakistan’s agriculture depends on a single river system, the Indus, and is therefore highly vulnerable. The Indus water treaty with India has withstood three wars if you count Kargil, but given the prospect of acute water shortages on both sides, will the treaty hold up in the years to come? There are already serious water distribution problems within Pakistan. Further water shortages will have inter-provincial consequences and regional consequences. It will be a serious issue in Indo-Pak relations. While the media in regional countries like India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives is already aware of climate change and its impact on their countries, Pakistan is lagging behind in its coverage of climate change issues. We are too focused on extremism/terrorism right now and it is taking a lot of our attention, resources and time. Journalists in Pakistan are not reporting adequately on climate change and the serious water shortages in store for the country and region since they are just not aware of the science behind climate change, future projections by scientists and what is happening at the global level (there was only one reporter from Pakistan in Copenhagen). What is needed is more reporting of climate change issues in the media in Pakistan. There have only been a handful of training workshops for journalists highlighting these issues in the country and unfortunately not one has focused on water shortages. A workshop that would bring together Indian and Pakistani journalists to discuss how water scarcity caused by climate change will affect their region will result in greater understanding and awareness on both sides of the border. Journalists can learn not only about the latest climate change negotiations and science, but they can also learn what can be done at the local and regional level to conserve water and use it more efficiently from various experts. The workshop would bring together scientists, NGO experts, policy makers and academics from Pakistan on one platform – that would help journalists in writing more accurate and objective stories on this issue.


Executive Summary

In response to the follow up of Climate Change Media Partnership conference in Nepal, 2009 and UN Climate Conference 2009 in Copenhagen; LEAD Pakistan, a premium training and capacity building institute in the country with many years of experience in hosting and facilitating training workshops agreed to organize the three day workshop for Indian and Pakistani journalists on climate change issues affecting the South Asian region. The focus of the workshop was water shortages. The workshop was organized in collaboration with UKaid from The Department of International Development (DFID), One UN – Joint Programme on Environment (JPE), Ministry of Environment and the Commonwealth Foundation UK. The workshop was organized in Islamabad, Pakistan from March 28th – 30th 2010. A group of 30 journalists (i.e seven from India and 23 from Pakistan) who are climate change specialists attended the workshop. List of participants from both India and Pakistan are attached as (annex A and B). The participants selected for the workshop were all mainstream journalists, many of whom have interest and experience in environmental reporting. There was a mix of print and electronic journalists from all the prominent media houses in Pakistan like DAWN and Jang group and some from the Urdu press. The three day workshop was designed on the LEAD Pakistan’s training methodology of experiential learning and includes talks/discussions, presentations, group work, case studies and a field visit to Murree, to the Patriata area where the UNDP's GEF Small Grants Programme has a project on climate change mitigation. Patriata was also the site of the proposed New Murree Project which was successfully halted by environmental lobbying. This makes it a good case study. The field visited was coordinated a local organization Sukhi funded by UNDP’s GEF Small Grants Programme. The international and national resource persons and faculty invited were scientists, NGO experts, policy makers and academics from Pakistan that helped journalists in writing more accurate and objective stories on this issue. Two experts on water from TERI and IDRC in India were also invited to share their perspective but unfortunately they were unable to make up their visit to Pakistan at the last moment. The resource persons helped the participants understand the theme under discussion with clarity and experience. List of resource persons attached as annex C. The workshop focused on issues of cross border water scarcity and comprised of the following thematic areas:

• Discussions on inter-provincial and regional conflicts arising due to unequal distribution of water resources;

• Brainstorming on need for accurate reporting, especially on issues of natural resource management and their sustainable use;


• The way forward from Copenhagen negotiations, especially focusing on climate change impacts in the South Asian region; and preparation for COP 16 in Mexico later this year.

• Defining relationships between the scarcity of water reservoirs and its impacts on cross border agriculture

The workshop enabled the participants to:

• Learn about climate change issues at both the regional and international level (with a focus on water) and come to a clearer understanding of the science

• Learn various tips for accurate climate change reporting from seasoned editors that will ultimately promote green journalism across the Subcontinent.

• Build up a commitment to raise awareness of water issues in both India and Pakistan in an objective manner and share concerns/solutions.

• Form basis for a permanent media network for journalists from India and Pakistan on climate change and discuss upcoming COP 16; explore funding for COP 16


Workshop Agenda Saturday, March 27th 2010: Arrival of Participants & Trainers from India, Pakistan and UK Day 1: Sunday, March 28th 2010 0930 hrs. – 1000 hrs

Registration

1000 hrs – 1130 hrs

• Orientation – Rina Saeed Khan (Journalist and Facilitator) • Welcome & Setting the agenda – Ali Tauqeer Sheikh (CEO of

LEAD-Pakistan) & LEAD Documentary • Introductions of participants - Alex Kirby (former senior BBC

environment correspondent)/Joydeep Gupta (senior Indian climate change journalist)

• Welcome Address by Federal Minister for the Environment – Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi

1130 hrs. – 1200 hrs

Tea Break and Group Photograph

1200 hrs. – 1300 hrs.

‘Climate Change and Hydro-Politics in the Indus Basin’ by Dr Danish Mustafa (Professor of geography and specialist in water issues, Kings College in London) Danial Hashmi, (Senior Engineer snow and Ice Hydrology, Water & Power Development Authority in Pakistan)

1300 hrs. – 1400 hrs.

Lunch Break

1400 hrs. – 1600 hrs

- Refresher on the Science of Climate Change – Alex Kirby - What happened in Copenhagen relating to Pakistan and South Asian region – (Jawed Ali Khan, Director General, Environment, Ministry of Environment) - Framing the Climate Change Debate – Joydeep Gupta - Asian impacts on water – (Dr Ghazanfar Ali, Head of Glaciology and Water Resources, Global Change Impact Study Centre (GCISC), Islamabad)

1600 hrs – 1630 hrs

Tea Break

1630 hrs. – 1730 hrs

‘Climate Change and Cross-Boundary water issues’ by Arshad Abbasi (Senior researcher and water specialist, consultant to UNDP and Ministry of Water and Power)


Day 2: Monday, March 29th 2010 0930 hrs - 1030 hrs.

Climate change effects on Himalayan glaciers by Amber Masud (UNDP Project support officer, regional climate risk reduction project for the Himalayas)

1030 hrs– 11 30 hrs

Climate change effects in Indus Delta and Wetlands by Richard Garstang, National Programme Manager of the Wetlands Project

1130 hrs– 1200 hrs

Tea Break

1200 hrs- 1330 hrs.

Framing the Story: Key Reporting/documenting Tips – Alex Kirby, Joydeep Gupta, Huma Beg, Rina Saeed Khan, Danish Mustafa, Afia Salam Breakout groups separate and discuss key reporting techniques:

• story angles and reliability of different types of sources • pitching stories successfully at editorial meetings • translating jargon and explaining difficult science and

uncertainty • improving appeal of stories through style • brainstorming about how to cover a particular story; we tell

them the top line and ask them how they would go about doing it, given the constraints of their medium

• examples of stories that illustrate techniques which have worked

Following the discussions, each breakout group will report back, supplemented by training segments on key reporting techniques

1330 hrs- 1430 hrs.

Lunch Break

1430 hrs- 1500 hrs

Water issues from Kashmiri perspective Reporting on cross border water issues by Athar Parvaiz Bhatt, journalist from Srinagar

1500 hrs– 1530 hrs

Tea Break

1530 hrs– 1700 hrs

‘Climate Change and Food Security – A media perspective’ by Shafqat Munir (Secretary General Asia Media Forum) ‘Environment and Development: Population, Environment and Development’ by Dr Nizamuddin (Vice Chancellor, University of Gujrat; Director Centre for Population, Environment and urban studies, University of Gujrat)

1700 hrs – 17.30 hrs

Open discussion by all participants on problems and prospects of reporting on water/food issues followed by written feedback plus evaluations (Alex, Joydeep)

17.30 hrs – 18.30 hrs

Preparation of Action Plan COP – 16 through discussion on a proposed climate change media network between Pakistani and Indian journalists and preparation and exploring funding opportunities for COP 16 to be held in Mexico in 2010 (Joydeep, Alex, Huma Beg, Afia Salam and Rina Saeed Khan)


Day 3: March 30th 2010, Field Visit Time Activity

0730 hrs – 0800 hrs Departure from Hotel Marriott 0800 hrs – 0930 hrs Arrival at New Murree (Patriata)

0930 hrs- 1000 hrs Briefing at Union Council Hall New Murree on the UNDP GEF SGP project of Sukhi

1000 hrs- 11:00 hrs

Discussion/Interaction with Community Members at Union Council Hall, New Murree.

1100 hrs - 1130 hrs Tea Break 1130 hrs – 1230 hrs Field visit to Two Plantation sites (Ashaab Abbasi (Sorasi) &

Raja Riaz (Bunn) with 30 minutes duration at each site)

1230 hrs - 1330 hrs

Lunch at the residence of Mr. Iftikhar Satti, at Sorasi (New Murree) and visit to his plantation site (at residence)

1330 hrs – 1430 hrs Departure for Islamabad Marriot Hotel

Certificate Distribution Ceremony, Marriot, Islamabad Time Session Methodology 1530 hrs – 1600 hrs Guests to be seated 1600 hrs – 1730 hrs Vote of thanks by host, closing

remarks by partners followed by Certificate Distribution

• Vote of thanks - Ali Tauqeer Sheikh (CEO, LEAD Pakistan

• Closing remarks – David Taylor, Deputy Head Programme, DFID Pakistan

• Munawar Saeed Bhatti, Add. Secretary UN & EC, Foreign Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad

• Syed Shafqat Kakakhel, visiting Fellow SDPI, former Deputy Executive Director of UNEP

• Jawed Ali Khan, Director General, Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Environment

1730 hrs – 1800 hrs

Tea & Refreshments


Farewell & Networking Dinner, Virsa Café, Islamabad A farewell networking dinner will be hosted by LEAD/DFID and UNDP the same evening with around 100 invitees from the media, private sector, government and NGOs. Time Session Methodology 1900 hrs Participants to be seated

in the coasters 1930 hrs Reaching at the dinner

venue 1930 hrs – 2000 hrs Celebration of Earth

Journalism Award at Copenhagen

Celebration of award conferred to Ms Rina Khan (Freelance journalist and a LEAD Fellow) - Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, CEO, LEAD Pakistan

2000 hrs onwards Networking Dinner and visit to local heritage

Lok Virsa Cafe

Wednesday, March 31st 2010 – Departure of participants and trainers


Core Faculty Profiles Sheikh, Mr. Ali Tauqeer CEO, LEAD Pakistan Ali Tauqeer Sheikh is the founding CEO of Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) Pakistan since its inception in 1996. He specializes in institutional development, institutional reforms and in change management. He has vast experience in leadership development for sustainable development, training and facilitating multi-disciplinary expert groups on policy planning, and conflict management. Mr. Sheikh has written extensively on issues of environment management in several professional journals, and has contributed to leading newspapers in the US, UK and Pakistan. He has contributed chapters to several books. Mr. Sheikh has delivered lectures at a number of universities and institutions including Oxford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University), the Carnegie Endowment, the Kennan Institute of Advanced Russian Studies and the University of Michigan. He has lectured regularly at Quaid-e-Azam University and the Foreign Service Training Institute, Islamabad. He has been a consultant/advisor to UNDP, UNESCO, UNEP, The Asia Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, the Asian Development Bank, and the UN Environment and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). He has been regularly interviewed by the national and foreign media on a range of environment and sustainable development issues. Kirby, Mr. Alex British Journalist, United Kingdom Alex Kirby is a British journalist. He worked for nearly twenty years for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), starting in the World Service newsroom and following this with stints reporting from Algeria, Egypt and other parts of the Islamic world. From 1987 to 1996, he was environment correspondent for BBC News, working in both radio and television. He then changed to cover religious affairs, before leaving the BBC in 1998 to develop his freelance career. This includes work as environment correspondent for BBC News Online; providing training in media skills to companies, universities and non-governmental organisations; and lecturing, writing and broadcasting. He is presenter of BBC Radio Four’s environment series, costing the Earth. He has no scientific education, and is convinced that the widespread distrust and misunderstanding of scientists in industrial societies is a threat to human development. Gupta, Mr. Joydeep Journalist, India Joydeep Gupta is an associate editor of Indo-Asian News Service (IANS); an independent and integrated media company based in India. Mr. Gupta got interested in environmental reporting while covering the story of Bhopal in 1984. It is since then he is working on the promotion of green journalism. Some of his successful stories in this reference are those on


Bhopal gas leakage, India’s worst drought in 1980s. He consistently writes on the issues of sustainable development. To his credit Mr Gupta, posses’ experience of writing on wide range of issues related to environment and sustainable development. He has participated in the international summits for covering events like Rio Conference, Bali and Copenhagen. He has earlier worked for a daily newspaper, the Statesman, Sunday Observer and the Sunday Mail. He is a general secretary of the Forum of Environmental Journalists in India, a member of the Asian Forum of Environmental Journalists. Mr Gupta had also edited books on biodiversity conservation and co-authored books on pollution control. He was also involved in developing the India’s National Biodiversity Action Plan before returning to full-time journalism. Mr Gupta has done masters in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management from University of York, UK. Mustafa, Dr. Daanish Professor of Geography, King’s College, London Daanish Mustafa obtained his BA in Geography from Middlebury College in Vermont, USA. He worked for two years in Pakistan for the non-profit sector on donor funded social development and environmental preservation projects. He subsequently obtained his MA in Geography from the University of Hawaii-Manoa in 1995 and his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA in 2000. He was a visiting assistant professor of geography at George Mason University, and then an assistant professor of Geography, at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. He joined the Department of Geography at King’s College, London in 2006 where he is teaching presently. Khan, Ms. Rina Saeed Freelance Journalist, Pakistan Rina Saeed Khan is a Lahore based freelance journalist by profession, with an MSc in Environment and Development from the London School of Oriental and African Studies. She began her career in journalism in 1992 when she joined The Friday Times, Pakistan’s first independent English weekly newspaper. She served as Features Editor until 1998 and still contributes features on environment and development issues. From 1998 onwards she began working as a consultant in communications with the United Nations Development Programme in Pakistan and WWF-Pakistan, writing reports and scripts for documentaries. Rina is currently writing a weekly column on the environment called ‘Earthly Matters’ for DAWN, Pakistan’s largest circulation English-language national daily. Beg, Ms. Huma Mustafa Managing Director Serendip Productions, Pakistan Huma Mustafa Beg has been connected to the electronic media now for over two decades. She initiated her television career as a producer and presenter for a morning program for children on Pakistan Television Network. Today her company Serendip Productions has evolved as the only private production house working on all issues pertaining to development. Serendip has been ceaselessly working to create awareness at various levels to audiences from parliamentarians to women on the street. It has generated


programs to inspire the youth towards leadership and development, brought values and understanding to children, raised profiles of activists to garner support to their work and tackled many issues like terrorism, climate change and democracy for this century. Her programs have been screened at numerous international film festivals and have won awards from the British Medical Association in UK to the Sony awards in Japan. For her services in media she was awarded the “Champion of Reform” in her home country. Huma is Pakistan’s first female hot air balloonist and is a member of many international environmental groups. She is now working to establish Pakistan’s first development channel to create a permanent platform and space for all issues related to self and societal development in relation to the new global challenges for communities today.

Facilitators Sana, Ms Isma Coordinator-Training Unit LEAD Pakistan Isma Sana is working as Coordinator, Training unit at LEAD Pakistan. She has an MSc in environmental studies from one of the renowned universities in Pakistan. At LEAD, her responsibilities include coordinating training programs of both Leadership Development Program as well as Management Development Program. In addition she is responsible for developing training materials such as training modules, training folders, case studies, organizing training workshops and identifying trainers and resources. During her six years career she has worked for international NGOs, public and private sector organizations. Shah, Mr Imtiaz Ali Young Professional Officer, LEAD Pakistan Imtiaz Ali Shah is working as a Young Professional Officer at LEAD Pakistan. He has an MA in Educational Planning and Management from National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad and BS in Mass Communication (Journalism) from Punjab University Lahore. At LEAD, his responsibilities include assisting his coordinator for all the ongoing and upcoming trainings. Mr. Shah has worked as a Research Assistant at Sustainable Development Policy Institute and as an Intern Crime Reporter at Daily ‘The News’. The list of all the resource persons is attached as annex C.


Participants Profiles

Participants from India Acharya, Ms. Keya Keya Acharya is an independent journalist and researcher; over 17 years’ experience in environment and development issues. Widely published; currently correspondent for Inter Press Service; correspondent for Panos Features, London till 2007; Stringer for Down To Earth, New Delhi till 2003. Regular contributor to Deccan Herald & The Hindu in India. She serves as a visiting faculty, School of Journalism & Media Studies, St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore; & Convergence Institute of Media Management & Information Technology, Bangalore. She conducted several media training workshops on environmental conservation, water issues, human rights, media panelist for e-governance and other development issues. Ms. Keya worked on various consultancies including assessment & evaluation of donor-aided development projects, field status reports and documentation on environmental education, renewable energy systems, forestry issues and rural development. Her research studies include climate change, adaptation methods to CC being used in the field in India, urban solid waste management, rural alternative energy systems, implementation of laws on industrial hazardous wastes, human rights, ecotourism, wildlife issues, transgenic cotton, corruption and environment, population and gender, e-governance, agribiotech, forests and encroachments. Ms Keya is currently editing a book on Environmental Journalism for Sage Publications, Delhi. She received Fellowships and various Awards from Fund for Investigative Journalism, Washington DC, Press Institute-UNFPA, Ministry of Environment & Forests, European Commission & IPS on Human Rights, and Award for Excellence in Human Development Reporting, NFI-PII / Prem Bhatia Award for Environmental Reporting. Academically Keya holds BA Honors in English, Calcutta University; Certificate in Journalism – London School of Journalism; Postgraduate diploma in Environment and Ecology, New Delhi. Bagla, Mr. Pallava Palllava Bagla has been a globally acclaimed award winning Indian science communicator and photojournalist for 25 years, and during this time he has come to be respected for his breaking news stories and for having showcased Indian science and technology to the world in more than 15 years of writing for Science, the prestigious weekly magazine of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington D. C. Three years ago he joined as Science Editor for India’s highly respected private television channel NDTV – New Delhi Television. His work showcasing India’s maiden mission to the


moon Chandrayaan-1 has been applauded, broadcasting both in English and Hindi. His reporting on nuclear issues has been critically appreciated, having traveled to locations forever hidden from cameras because of secrecy. His solo photo exhibition on water issues titled `Drops of Life’ has been globally displayed in New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bhopal and Washington DC. He is author of several books, the most recent being `Destination Moon: India’s quest for Moon, Mars and Beyond.’ published by HarperCollins India Private Ltd in 2008. Another book `Trees of India’ is a large format pictorial book was published by Timeless Books in the year 2000. In 2006, Bagla conferred with the `National Award for Outstanding Effort in Science & Technology Communication in Print Medium', it is the highest honor of its kind for science journalism in India and is given by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. In 2003, he became the first Indian to win the `Outstanding Journalism’ award from the United Nations sponsored Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) the world’s apex body looking after agricultural research and headquartered at The World Bank, Washington DC. In 2010, he was awarded the `Science Communication Award’ by the Indian Nuclear Society for his reporting on science with special emphasis on atomic energy. He was also awarded the prestigious science writing fellowship at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA in 1994. In 2004, he became a Fellow of the Leadership in Environment and Development (LEAD), London, UK. Chaturvedi, Ms. Bharati Bharati Chaturvedi is the founder and director of Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group. Her idea of founding Chintan was an attempt to engage in a partnership between the urban poor particularly in the informal sector and people like herself (English speaking, urban elite, with community organizing, policy advocacy and research interests). The objective was to find ways to foster environmental justice. This meant a sustainable city, but also one that could put the poor at the centre of its decision making. Bharati felt the need for a Chintan-like space because it would allow her intellectual freedom, and offered her freedom from the rhetoric of received wisdom and politically correct constructs. Apart from her daily involvement with Chintan, Bharati also writes on environmental and development issues. Her weekly column, Earth-watch, published every Monday, in the Hindustan Times. She talks about these issues widely, in India and internationally, as part of her advocacy and outreach. She has co-produced 3 films: Waste, 60 kilos and Citizens at Risk. Bharati has a Master’s Degree in History from Delhi University as well as a Masters in International Public Policy from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University. She has been awarded the Leadership in Environment and Development (LEAD) Fellowship, is a Fellow at the Synergos Institute, New York and recently received the Knowledge for the World Award from the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association. Sinha, Mr. Amitabh Amitabh Sinha is currently working as a Special Correspondent with The Indian Express in New Delhi since February 2007 and covers a number of areas including climate change and


environment, home ministry and internal security, science and technology. Previously he worked for BBC as a Radio Producer in New Delhi for three months from November 2006 to January 2007 before moving to the current job. In 2003 – 6 he worked for Reuters as an Online Producer in New Delhi. In 1999 – 2003, he was associated with Press Trust of India as a Reporter in New Delhi. Covered sports, mainly cricket. Mr. Sinha holds Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism from Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi. Parvaiz, Mr. Athar Athar Parvaiz is working as a Journalist for the last eleven years. He covers environment in addition to other beats like education, health, business and politics. He is a regular contributor to the widely circulated English Daily ‘The Kashmir Times’ and also writes for Inter Press Service as well. Athar Contributes radio features to Panos Radio South Asia, a radio news portal run by Panos South Asia. He also served as News editor with The Radio Kashmir Srinagar for three years. Athar was awarded Ozone Green Award by a premier healthcare company of India Ozone Group in year 2008 in acknowledgment of his best reporting on environment. He was awarded several fellowships including Rivers & Pollution Challenges by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi in year 2007, Impact of Kashmir Conflict on education, health and public places by Panos South Asia in 2007. He was awarded a travel fellowship by Earth Journalism Network in March 2009 for covering the World Water Forum in Istanbul-Turkey. He also awarded a fellowship by International Institute of Environment & Development (IIED), Panos London and Inter-news on Climate Change to cover Climate talks in Bangkok and Copenhagen in 2009. Athar did his Masters in Journalism & Mass Communication from University of Kashmir. Jena, Ms. Manipadma Manipadma Jena is an independent development journalist since 1990. Currently she contributes regularly to Inter Press Service (IPS) a global development newswire; Women’s Feature Service (WF web S) a gender focused multi-country feature syndication, Info-change India, one of India most visited web-based development newsletter. Manipadma is an expert of Environment & Development, Climate Change, Food Security, Livelihoods and other concerns of Indigenous People, Water & Sanitation, Gender and Social Equity, Primary Education & Health. Manipadma was awarded Media Fellowship 2007 on ‘Rivers Used and Abused’ by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi. Her writings extensively published in The Economic &Political Weekly, The Times of India, The Economic Times, Down To Earth, The Telegraph, The Hindustan Times, The Statesman, The Business Standard, The Indian Express, The Tribune, The Deccan Herald, The Asian Age, The Hindu, The Hindu Business Line, Press Institute of India etc. Ms. Manipadma received various prestigious fellowships and has been selected through a competitive selection process by the World Bank’s Water & Sanitation Program, South Asia for its Media Partnership Program (for capacity development) to coincide with the South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN) III, in New Delhi and fellowship from CARE-Women’s Feature Service.


Manipadma also work as Communications Consultant and Has worked on various evaluation, advocacy and documentation assignments with DFID (India), UNDP (India), UNICEF(Orissa), UNFPA (Orissa), OPTIONS UK, Population Council (South Asia), Population Communication International Inc, USA, Oxfam, India.


Participants from Pakistan T Ebrahim, Ms Zofeen With a Master’s in Journalism from the University of Punjab, Lahore in 1985, Ms. Zofeen joined a woman’s English language monthly as an assistant editor, finally heading it as an editor. Moving on to work with Dawn, Pakistan’s widely circulated English daily; she did personality profiles and investigative stories on development (urban, women and environment) issues. Leaving her job in 2001, she started working as a freelance journalist, contributing to dailies like Dawn, The News and a current affairs monthly magazine, Newsline. She also contributes to international wire services including the Inter Press Service, Women’s Feature Service and Integrated Regional Information Networks, (commonly known as IRIN). Simultaneously she also took various consultancy assignments for a number of NGOs and INGOs. Zofeen’s work has been commended nationally as well as internationally for her writings on development issues. In 2007, she was awarded the Green Media Award by Tetra Pak for her story on how leak of a radioactive waste dump which was affecting the health of the nearby villagers and the complete indifference of the government to the issue. In February 2008, she was awarded Women Achiever’s Award (in the field of journalism) by Indus Television Network for her writings on women’s issues. Jaffery, Ms. Shumaila Shumaila Jaffery is currently working as Senior Correspondent and Assignment Editor in Dunya News Lahore. She has done Masters in Mass Communication, and Post Graduate Diploma in Multimedia Production Arts. Her interests include reporting on parliament and politics, but she regularly work on social and human issues. Environment is another area of interest; she believes that environmental issues are creating political conflicts between nations/ regions. Shumaila also covers stories related to Indus Water Commission as its office is located in Lahore. She has almost ten years experience of Journalism. Earlier she worked with Pakistan Television as Reporter/Producer. She is contributing articles in various English dailies as free lance writer. She has also worked as visiting faculty/paper setter and examiner for Mass Communication students at Lahore College Women University. Shumaila has a membership of International Union for Conservation of Nature Commission on Education and Communication. Khan, Mr. Faisal Raza Faisal Raza Khan is working as Reporter with DAWN NEWS Television; he covers Environment in addition to other beats like Foreign Office, Diplomatic Enclave, Commerce and Defence. He also received Green Journalist Award from Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani in November 2009 and during the same year he has got an award on Local Government Reforms. While working as Environment Journalist, Faisal Raza Khan has written several articles, features, news stories and made lots of TV reports in which he highlighted climate change, global warming, water scarcity, sanitation and other


environment related issues. He also contributed his article for a weekly English magazine Pulse. Previously, Faisal Raza has completed his masters in International Relations and worked with prestigious national and international media groups, broadcasting and Production houses like Sarendip Productions, Radio Pakistan, Nawa - e -Waqt, Online News, hence he possesses rich working experience of electronic and print media. Shaikh, Mr. Mohammad Saleem Mohammad Saleem Shaikh is working with Daily Dawn as ‘development reporter’ for its weekly Economic and Business Review based in Karachi for the last 12 months. Previously, he worked for two years with Dawn News TV as Business and Economy reporter/associate producer in Karachi. He covered a wide range of issues in reporting, with major focus on poverty, rural development, environment, alternative energy, health, education, agriculture and water in context of human rights. He also made a number of short documentaries of different socio-economic development issues. In addition, he regularly contributes for weekly Economic and Business Review of Dawn newspaper and has published a number of articles on the afore-mentioned issues under his byline 'Saleem Shaikh'. Mr. Saleem also worked with World Bank and GEF funded project in Support with Government of Balochistan "Protection and Preservation of Hangol National Park (Balochistan) as communication/ environmental awareness specialist in Year 2006 where he carried out tasks such as development of communication strategy for protection and preservation of the Park and its natural resources, raised awareness among the Park communities about importance of the Park and motivate them to join the Park-development efforts. He is holding masters degree in Mass Communication from the University of Sindh and awarded two silver medals for his outstanding academic performance. Malik, Mr. Asad Ullah Asad Ullah Malik is working as Reporter for Samaa Television, a sister concern of CNBC Pakistan. He covers Environment in addition to other beats like Parliament, National Security Council, Parliamentary Constitutional Reforms Committee, Interior Departments, and Tourism. Asad received Green Journalist Award from Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani in November 2009, and also received an award from the former Justice Supreme Court of Pakistan, Rana Bhagwandas. He is studying M.Phill in Mass Communication from AIOU, Islamabad. While working as Environment Journalist, Asad Malik made more than one hundred reports in which he highlighted climate change, global warming, water scarcity, sanitation and other environment related issues. He also contributes his article for weekly English magazine Pulse. Previously, Asad Malik has worked for state owned television PTV, Associated Press of Pakistan hence he possesses rich working experience of electronic and print media. Alam, Mr. Ahmad Rafay


Ahmad Rafay Alam is currently the coordinator of the Environment and Natural Resource Cluster of the Development Policy Research Center at LUMS and is currently working to set up the LUMS Water Program. Rafay is a practicing advocate and freelance journalist, with a background in commercial, civil and constitutional litigation and consultancy. He received training from some of the best advocates of Pakistan. A few years ago, he branched out with a practice of his own. His interests in the environment and urban development flourished. Since then, he has been actively advocating environmental and development issues, particularly in Lahore where he lives. He consistently worked on the projects that benefit the environment and urban planning. He contributes a column on environmental and urban planning issues in The News. He pursued a number of pro-bono public interest litigations before the Environmental Tribunal, Lahore and the Lahore High Court. His experience with “Lahore Bachao Tehreek” introduced him to a number of senior activists in the field. He also teaches property law at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and contributes to various academic papers. Ali, Mr. Nazakat Nazakat Ali is working as Staff Reporter for Daily K2 since 2003. He covers the Environment in addition to other beats like Politics, Tourism and other different Governmental and NGO sector activities. He writes articles on different local and national newspapers as well magazines on environmental issues. He received the Green Journalist award from ex Environmental Minister Mr Tahir Iqbal in 2005. He also attended a workshop of Climate Change impacts in Nepal in March 2008. Mr. Ali is also working for Geo TV as a cameraman since 2009. Salam, Ms. Afia Afia Salam currently working as Coordinator Education, Communications and Outreach at IUCN Karachi, and have been responsible for all the activities that fall under these broad heads. While doing her Master in Geography, ventured into the field of journalism in 1978, lured there by the revival of Pakistan India cricketing relations after a break of 13 years, and had the honour to become Pakistan first female cricket journalist. Cricket and journalist bugs had entered the bloodstream, and geography fell by the wayside, as a long career in the print media commenced. Penchant for going on a road less traveled led to the field of aviation, when she became a member of Pakistan's first batch of air traffic controllers. However, the pull of cricket, and journalism proved to be too strong, and resulted in the return as the editor of the country's only English language monthly dedicated to cricket, The Cricketer, and then onto the editing of an aviation and defense monthly, The Wings. Veering off into a related field, served as the creative head of three advertising agencies over a 15 year period, Blazon, Argus and Blitz-DDB. Ms. Afia went back to journalism, and edited Pakistan’s first energy sector magazine, Energy Update, and then gained experience of the electronic media by joining Pakistan’s first English language television channel, Dawn news. She served there as the senior copy editor responsible for the bulletin headed the culture desk and was content manager.


Babbar Mr. Mohsin Mohsin Babbar is a senior journalist with having more than 15 years of experience in the field. Author and co-author of number of research publications/articles, he anchors a popular primetime TV talk-show with top Sindhi TV channel, Kawish Television Network News (KTN News TV) and Power99, a popular FM Radio station network from Islamabad. He regularly contributes research-based write ups with top media houses in English, Sindhi and Urdu languages on issues related to Water and Power, Environment, Development and Political Economy. He has done his MSc in Mass Communication. He has remained associated with the leading development sector organizations and policy making think-tanks in different capacities for 10 years in Islamabad. He started his development sector career with Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Pakistan's leading independent policy think tank. Then, he moved to The Network for Consumer Protection and headed its Advocacy and Research Section. He has been associated with Sungi Development Foundation in the same capacity. During his tenure with development sector, he designed, launched and successfully executed a number of policy advocacy campaigns, conducted researches, countrywide surveys and organized meetings, conferences and workshops from community level to the international levels. He is a fellow of Leadership Development Mechanism (LDM) program by Packard Foundation, USA. He has been Executive Committee member of the World Water Forum of Journalists (WWFJ); Central Coordinator of Pakistan Forum of Environment Journalists; Member, International Union of Scientific Study on Population (IUSSP) besides being a member of the drafting Committee of National Drinking Water Policy. He has also been on the panel of United National Development Program (UNDP) and the World Bank-Pakistan, which represented Pakistan at various national and international forums. Abbasi, Mr. Naveed Akram Naveed Akram Abbasi is working as Correspondent Daily Nawa – e - Waqt and Pakistan Press International (PPI). He covers Environment in addition to other beats like Local Issues including, Education & Health, Poverty, and Tourism. He was also among one of the victims of Earthquake 2005 (in Kashmir & Northern Areas) and he had done reporting in those areas at that time & even after earthquake, covered issues of reconstruction & rehabilitation . Mr. Naveed received Best Urdu Write up Award 2006 By International Committee Red Cross (ICRC) from head of mission Pascal Motile and also received a Best Article Writing Award by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF). While working as Journalist, made more than one hundred investigative reports & articles in which he highlighted local issues like Environment ,Wild life, Water crisis, Forest cutting, Health. He also contributes his article for Monthly magazine Frozan Karachi & Awam International Rawalpindi. He is reporting from areas such as Bakote, Kohala, bordering Area of Azad Kashmir & district Abbottabad (separated by Darya e Jhelum).


Khawar, Ms. Huma Huma Khawar is an independent journalist, contributing articles and features to newspapers and periodicals. She has over 20 years of well-rounded media experience, encompassing creative writing covering gender, children, health, human rights and environmental issues, target oriented initiatives, interviews and profiles of known personalities. She has been working with the Pakistani media, imparting training on issues related to health and sanitation with focus on women and girls. Presently, she is coordinating a pilot project to mobilize civil society to raise awareness on maternal mortality and morbidity, safe motherhood, hygiene and sanitation, HIV and AIDS, injection safety and immunization. She has interviewed researched and documented testimonies of People Living with HIV and AIDS of Pakistan -- Positive Diaries, published by UNICEF Pakistan. She has worked as Communication Specialist for Ministry of Environment, Government of Pakistan and developed a mass awareness strategy on environmental issues, involving both print and electronic media. During that time she also designed a complete media campaign for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa. She also contributed chapters related to awareness rising for the National Implementation Plan on Persistent Organic Pollutants. She holds a Masters degree in Communication and a post graduation from California State University, US. Bukhari, Syed Jamshed Gul Jamshed Bukhari is working as reporter for last fifteen years in different leading newspapers. Currently he is associated with Daily Jang Karachi. He is Central Secretary General Pakistan Forum of Environment Journalist and Senior Joint Secretary Karachi Union of Journalist, Council Member Karachi Press Club and Council Member Arts Council of Pakistan. He covers environment, Sindh Assembly, political affairs, religious affairs and human rights. He was awarded various awards including Best Environment reporting Award (National Environment Forum 2002), Best Environmental reporting Award (National Environment) and APNS Award 2003 and Houbara Foundation Lahore Award 2006. He also received Green Journalist Award 2009 from Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gillani. He attended many workshops, seminar and field visit related to environment. Jamshed made more than 500 reports in which he highlighted marine pollution air pollution noise mangroves cutting, climate change global warming, and water scarcity. He is holding L.L.B and masters in Mass communicate from Karachi University. Jadoon, Mr. Aamir Aamir Jadoon is working as Producer for Pakistan Television Corporation, he has specialized in documentary production on, Environment and various other social issues, Along with this he has special interest in Music production, adventure sports and tourism. He recently has produced a documentary on Climate Change. He is doing M Phil in Environmental Economics from Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Islamabad. Faraz, Ms. Shabina


Shabina Faraz is working with Jang group of publications as a free lance feature writer and columnist. Shabina Faraz has a master’s degree in Urdu literature and started her career as an editor in an entertainment magazine Jassosi digest publications, during job she wrote many stories, TV dramas and translated many classical stories from English to Urdu. After that she has worked with IUCN- The World Conservation Union as an editor of their Environmental news magazine Jareeda for 6 years. She has been writing on Environmental issues last 12 years she also contributed for bbcurdu.com for one year. In 2009 Shabina worked with Ham TV channel and arranged talk shows on environmental issues. She wrote two environment related documentaries on Oil Spill near Karachi coast and Marine Pollution. She won 5 Environment awards including Green Media awards, Green Journalist awards and Environment Excellence award. Recently she awarded Green Journalist award by Prime minister of Pakistan Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani in Nov 2009.


Proceedings Day One The three day workshop discussed the cross border water scarcity issue in detail with respect to potential impacts of climate change on this resource in future. The associated themes of food security, environment development and population were also brought in the knowledge of the journalists. Tips for writing effective stories and articles were also demonstrated to the participants with an aim to groom them in precise environmental reporting and advocacy.

Session One: Workshop Inauguration The day one started with the welcome address by the Chief Executive Officer, LEAD Pakistan, Mr Ali Tauqeer Sheikh. Mr Sheikh in his brief note drew the attention of the audience on the Climate Change woes and its potential impacts on the world in general and South Asia in particular. Water being the most sacred resource among India and Pakistan was highlighted with a need for the capacity building of the journalists reporting on the environmental issues. A documentary on “Voices from Pakistan” prepared by LEAD Pakistan on Climate Change scenarios was viewed by the audience of the workshop. The documentary talked about climate change impacts on the water issues, energy resources, food security, issues of human and animal health and poverty. Later the participants, resource persons and guests were introduced with each other. The introduction of the participants was done with a key question about the expectations of the participants from the workshop. Each of the participants introduced themselves with one or two expectations that they have from the workshop. The orientation about the water issues on both the sides i.e India and Pakistan and learning from the group of experienced journalists from India and Pakistan and subject experts were two main expectations raised by majority participants. The introduction of the participants was followed by the inaugural speech by the Federal Minister for Environment, Mr Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi. The honorable Minister paid gratitude to all the partners namely LEAD Pakistan, DFID, One UN – JPE and Commonwealth Foundation, UK for organizing the regional workshop. The speech stressed upon the importance of media to raise awareness about the environment at different tiers of the society. Ministry’s role in supporting the linkages among the journalists for


environmental reporting was highlighted. Some key achievements of the Ministry of Environment like the Forest Policy for Climate Change Mitigation, and Clean Drinking Water Policy 2009 which envisages the provision of clean drinking water to all by 2025 and formation of Task Force on Environment were told to the audience. The speech depicted some facts about the climate change on the developing countries particularly India and Pakistan. Both countries being depended on agriculture are and will be adversely affected by water shortages in near future. The raising temperature impacts melting of Himalayan Glaciers; the utter source of water reserves for both India and Pakistan. Though the scientific and comprehensive assessment of CC on the tens of thousands of glaciers in the Himalayan range is still under investigation but CC would sure be catastrophic if the temperature continues rising at the same scale. In the end the honorable Minister shared that this workshop should make an effort to workout consultative and collective strategy for addressing the problems caused by the adverse impacts of Climate Change.

Session Two: Climate Change and Hydro – Politics in the Indus Basin The session focused on the utility of the Indus basin flowing between India and Pakistan. The concept was holistically explained in terms of its efficiency, multiple values of its water, equity versus efficiency and modernity versus cultural knowledge. The Indus Water Treaty as a significant milestone for India and Pakistan was explained. It was told that the treaty only talks about the usage of Indus water for irrigation and do not incorporate the other essential values of this water. The hydro-politics among both the countries and the western vested interests over Indus basin was explained in detail. The nomenclature of Indus basin as a “gravity based system” was explained with the help of figures. The irrigation management of Indus basin allows only 64% of the crop production however the fertility of this water can give Pakistan 100% crop production. Lately, challenges being faced by the IWT and its adaptive measures were explained and the following questions were asked by the participants from the faculty:

• Is the IWT is such a sacrosanct treaty that it cannot be revisited? • Are Pakistan's concerns legitimate? • Are the war clouds looming or it is just media hype?

These questions are still under the debate of the group. The group is responding on these questions with their own perspective through the online group created for the participants of the workshop under the name of “Indo – Pak Media Group on Climate Change.”


Session Three: Refresher on Climate Change The session was divided into three sub – sessions one on the ‘Science of Climate Change’ second on ‘Framing the Climate Change Debate’ and third on ‘CC Impacts on Asian Waters.’ These sessions were facilitated by Mr Alex Kirby, Mr Joydeep Gupta and Dr Ghazanfar Ali. The purpose of three sub-sessions against the overall theme of Climate change was to discuss CC as an economic, social and scientific issue. The first sub – session discussed CC debate as an economic issue, the second sub - session as a social issue and the third sub - session as a scientific issue. The discussion on ‘Science of Climate Change’ discussed the CC and adaptive behavior and steps adopted by various developed and developing nations against its impacts. The fact that human can and have adapted against climate change in past and in future was stressed especially for India and Pakistan where the 1 °C rise in temperature can affect the water resource of the region that will ultimately results in 10% decrease in the yield of the food grains (i.e wheat, rice and grain). The presenter motivated the participants that in past the humans have adapted against the harmful impacts and will continue adaptation against CC in future. It was told that the future can be tailored according to the changing preferences and demands of the people. Examples like shifting from oil reserves to coal reserves for energy generation were given for the motivation of the journalists that are the advocators and carriers of message for the general public. Some questions put forth at the end of the session were:

• How far can patriotism help in accurate reporting and advocacy? • Why COP 15 failed despite the participation of large number of subject experts,

development professionals from India and Pakistan? • What should be the base for an Environmental reporter? • Journalists’ are skeptical about the scientific facts?

The 2nd part of the session was on ‘Framing the Climate Change stories.’ The base of the session was set by explaining the international response against the climate change impacts. Convening of Kyoto Protocol and G – 77 Summit were highlighted as the response of the developed and developing nations against CC. it was discussed that developed countries are responsible for almost all the extra greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the developing countries are the worst sufferers. The developed countries must take steps to (1) reduce their emissions and (2) to help developing countries cope with climate change. It was stressed that it took eight years after signing the Kyoto Protocol to work out the details, and it’s still not clear how many of them will reach their emission reduction targets. The two paradigm shifts against CC were firstly the responses of the government and negotiators around 2005 against the accelerating effects of climate change become clearer, and the 2007 IPCC report underlines this – media took notice in a big way and secondly the


developed countries try to shift the blame to emerging economies, saying there is no point in their reducing their emissions unless China, India etc do the same. The circus got bigger and with the presence of other developing countries, Pakistan played a role of Chair in G – 77 Summit. The failure of Copenhagen talks was discussed as no commitment from the world’s largest economies like US. The failure of the talks in Copenhagen sets the scene and road map for debates in COP16 in Mexico. It was feared that the reservations of the developed world over continuation of Kyoto Protocol will likely to derail next summit in Mexico. Climate skeptics step up attack on climate science, picking out one error in the 2007 IPCC report. The developed world can never assess the damaging impacts of CC on the developing world’s resources like climate change effects are accelerating, the glaciers are receding, and the developing countries precisely south Asia is facing more droughts, floods and storms and sea level rise. The adaptive response of the developing nations in the form of adaptation was discussed as follows:

• Increase bilateral and regional cooperation without waiting for global accord

• Understand what the scientists are telling us, including the uncertainties

• Base plans on river basins to maximize sustainable water use – this entails total cooperation between countries that share river basins e.g. China, India and Pakistan on the Indus basin

• Accelerate renewable energy projects for energy security and to reduce future emissions

• Be prepared to cope with a rising sea, more droughts, floods, storms – we can do this only if we work together

The third sub session discussed CC as a scientific issue and talked about CC impacts on Asian Waters. It was told that the science of climatology stress upon the need of including scientific facts and figures while writing stories on the melting of glaciers for mass awareness. The need for collaborative efforts by India and Pakistan are required against extreme events of massive disasters. The audience discussed that the scientific information available on Climate Change risks and factors with both the countries will be useful not only while reporting natural disasters but also making adaptive strategies against these disasters.


Session Four: Climate Change and Trans-boundary Water Issues The session focused on the Indus Water Treaty and the construction of the major dams on the waters of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The controversies, capacities and watershed of each of these dams were discussed. The conflicts among the three countries over the ill design and then its repercussions on the environment, agriculture and human health were also highlighted. The Farakka Dam between India and Bangladesh was highlighted as a poor case of construction of a dam. This dam is responsible for rapid floods in the territory of Bangladesh. Since Farakka dam is the main ground water resource of the country therefore the deposits of arsenic in its water have intruded into the ground water supplies of the country and have caused arsenic poisoning in most of the areas. It was realized that ill conceptualization and poor design of most of the dams is responsible for flooding in these countries especially Bangladesh and India. The melting of Himalayan glaciers due to rapid increase in temperature of the south Asian region was also discussed. The session ended with a debate that adaptive measures are required to be adopted in the developing countries against floods, and glacial melting. It was stressed that Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of any development project especially those aimed for public service should be conducted prior to the construction and the results of the findings should be shared with concerned stakeholders so that proper adaptive strategies should be adopted right from the inception of such kind of projects. The session also discussed lack of EIA reports of some of the Indo – Pak dams. It was realized that if the EIA reports of the existing dams would have been shared across borders initially then all these three countries would have prepared some CC mitigation plans in reference to those reports. A set of recommendations against the construction and remodeling of dams across borders was chalked out as follows:

• EIA for all trans-boundary hydropower development and other projects in the Indus basin.

• These developments can have considerable impacts on all three western river hydrology,

• EIA must be conducted before physical execution of projects as to procedures laid down in Espoo Convention.

• Comprehensive scrutiny of the entire design of any hydro-power / storage dams to check seismic and structural vulnerability for the satisfaction of lower-riparian


Workshop Evaluation Day - One Scale of 1 – 5:

1: Poor, 2: Fair, 3: Good, 4: V. Good and 5: Excellent/ Outstanding

In Percentage Rating:

Poor (less than 40%), Fair (40% - 59%), Good (60% - 69%), V. Good (70% - 80%), Excellent/ Outstanding (80% and above)

The day concluded with the evaluations of the day and participants evaluated all the trainers of that day against a complete set of questionnaire (form attached as annex D). Results of the tabulated evaluations are given in the table.

Q #

Day-1 Rating

Questions

Alex Kirby

Joydeep Gupta

Daanish Mustafa

Arshad Abbasi

Gazanfar Ali

1 Were the sessions relevant to your needs?

72% 88% 93% 86% 67%

2 Were the sessions challenging? 61% 80% 83% 84% 67%

3 Were the exercises beneficial? 56% 74% 75% 76% 60%

4 Were there sufficient pre-session support?

49% 72% 66% 70% 60%

5 Was the session folder useful? 49% 66% 67% 67% 58%

6 How was the overall time management? 55% 57% 70% 67% 62%

7 How do rate the whole day? 61% 67% 72% 76% 64%

Quality of trainers

8 Knowledge of subject matter 76% 86% 75% 87% 0%

9 Presentation Skills 57% 76% 87% 71% 78%

10 Ability to achieve group participation 44% 70% 69% 83% 58%

11 Ability to maintain interest 55% 76% 84% 86% 47%

12 Quality of visual aids and reading material

43% 70% 68% 83% 58%

Average rating 56%

68%

76%

78%

61%


Statistics in the above table reveal that on the whole participants were satisfied with resource persons’ knowledge and delivery in all the sessions. They were also satisfied with the content of the sessions and the way the sessions were organized. The overall rating of the sessions was between Fair i.e 56% and Very Good 78%.

Overall Workshop Evaluation Day - One

The ratings in the table show that the day one was marked as ‘Good’ with an overall average rating of 68%.

Q # Questions Rating

Q 1 Were the sessions relevant to your needs? 81%

Q 2 Were the sessions challenging? 75%

Q 3 Were the exercises beneficial? 68%

Q 4 Were there sufficient pre-session support? 63%

Q 5 Was the session folder useful? 61%

Q 6 How was the overall time management? 62%

Q 7 How do you rate the whole day? 68%

Quality of Trainers

Q 8 Knowledge of subject matter 65%

Q 9 Presentation Skills 74%

Q 10 Ability to achieve group participation 65%

Q 11 Ability to maintain interest 70%

Q 12 Quality of visual aids and reading material 64%

Overall Average Rating 68%


Proceedings Day TWO

Session Five: Climate Change Effects on Himalayan Glaciers

The session discussed melting of the huge reserves of Himalayan Glaciers between India and Pakistan. The reason for the rapid melting is attributed to the rising temperatures due to Climate Change effects. The findings of UNDP’s Regional Climate Risk Reduction Project states that climate change has a direct or indirect impact on the Glaciers retreat i.e melting of glaciers and the change in their size is not regular event, it is somehow effected by the changing climate. This issue needs utter importance but the problem is the unavailability of evidence and baseline data. Many institutions in Pakistan are working on collecting facts and figures of melting of glaciers but lack of collaboration between them keeps this issue unaddressed. The need of the hour is to promote greater information among the various departments working on the glacial melting and common stakeholders so as to develop appropriate adaptive strategies against glacial melting. Various mechanisms like media, internet, well-defined group discussions and workshops like current event can be used for information sharing among different stakeholders. In response to the findings of the assessment study of UNDP the participants pointed out that climate change and its impact evident from other places. e.g. ground water, pastures should be included in the study of UNDP on measuring risks and vulnerabilities to Himalayan Glaciers.. Moreover there are glaciers of much importance in Gilgit and Baltistan that might be contributing in global warming or flooding; so these should also be included in the assessment studies of Himalayan Glaciers. The speaker stated that either glaciers are contributing to global warming or not, but her study reveals that geothermal activity around earth and water is causing this change. She collected the data from ‘mountains’ as a focus and requirement of her research. In response to certain queries; the speaker stated that facts and figures of melting of glaciers are not available to be shared for the time being. It was suggested that Ministry of Environment should conduct a research and collect actual evidences, facts and figures responsible for melting of glaciers. It was stated that glaciers are shrinking in size but for a well defined view point we have to link our information with one another. It was discussed that data is available with the public and private sector but due to lack of coordination and tedious procedures in the government departments this data is not shared with the relevant quarters. The UNDP is trying to link the relevant international, national and government research based data by placing it online for easy access and availability to the concerned stakeholders especially across the South Asian region.


Session Six: Climate Change Effects in Indus Delta and Wetlands The speaker of the session, Mr Richard Garstang encouraged and welcomed queries from the audience rather presenting his project of Wetlands Conservation in Pakistan. The following questions were answered during the interactive session:

• What impact does the biodiversity of wetlands has on Indus water basin?

• The migration of the birds from Indus basin due to CC impacted the life of birds as such? It was stated that it happened many times that ducks are found died at the bank of rivers, so extinction of birds could be another phenomena caused by climate change.

In response of certain queries about the inclusion of Manchar Lake in Wetlands, the speaker stated that Manchar Lake is included in the Wetlands Programme and various other projects of WWF - Pakistan. Presently both the institutions are mainstreaming the migration route of birds on this lake. Government is doing things in defensive manner by physically transporting the animals to better place. The effects of CC on the migration of wetlands birds’ need proper evidence. Without proof it is hard to state that any specific species of birds is migrating due to CC. the session concluded by a consensus from the participants and speaker that nature has its own way of addressing and accommodating the natural disasters but its connection with CC is not evident yet. The session on Wetlands and CC was followed by an interactive talk on the issue of water usage. A panel comprising of Dr Daanish Mustafa, Mr Danial Hashmi and Mr Richard Garstang facilitated the discussion. In this discussion various issues pertaining to the water supplies among different provinces, construction of dams halted by scarcity of water reserves and money with the government and efficiency of Wapda with regards to the effective water management for sufficient electricity and construction of dams was widely discussed by the participants with the panelists.

Session Seven: Framing the Story – Key Reporting/ Documenting Tips The session was based on the group work on developing stories on the water reserves and its usage. The participants were divided into five groups and were asked to generate story ideas on the theme of climate change by using examples of real life. After the group discussion the story ideas were shared by each group as follows. Group One - Drinking Water Deficiency in Bara Kahoh, Islamabad


The group discussed drinking water deficiency in Mohallah Nain Sukh, Bara Kahoh, Islamabad as a theme of their story and advocacy of the masses. The deficiency of water supply and its contamination were raised as the potential areas of concern that needs appropriate attention and solution. The water supply by the government authority in the area is not sufficient with the demands of the inhabitants of the area. Moreover, the leakage between sewage and drinking water pipes was highlighted as the potential source of calcium carbonate contamination in the drinking water supply. The reduced rainfall due to CC is also contributing in fewer water supplies by the government authorities. The story will highlight the above mentioned aspects as an issue of ‘human rights violation.’ After the presentation, the other groups and the facilitators suggested to include the perspective of some hydrologists and environmentalists in the story so as to make it more effective and solution based. Group Two - Effects of Indra Gandhi Canal and Taunsa Barrage Group two showed interest in developing a story on the potential risks of malaria (a vector Borne disease) in the areas of Indra Gandhi Canal and Taunsa Barrage. They stated that the beneficiaries of both the reserves are facing this problem across borders. The reason of the widespread of this disease is the lack of proper drainage system in both these reserves. Mostly women collecting water from these reserves are severely affected from malaria. Due improper drainage of the water of these reserves, the waste water gets stagnant flourishing the mosquito population. This story would be written for drawing the attention of the public authorities and awareness of the communities on prevention from such kind of diseases. Group Three - Common Solutions for Regional Environmental Problems The group highlighted that a common story based on solution and response against the CC needs to be developed for the population of India and Pakistan. It was stated that the terrain of both the countries is almost same therefore the environmental problems are more or less same as well. Some common problems like changing patterns of agriculture due to irrigation system among both the countries affects the annual crop yield. This also results in migration of the agriculture dependent communities across the region. Group four – People’s Perspective on Indus Water Treaty (IWT) The group discussed different story ideas as a consequence of the Indus Water treaty e.g famine in Baluchistan, floods in villages located on the bank of the Indus River and its tributaries. Some other issues of biodiversity loss with respect to migratory birds, fatal diseases killing human


population and ecosystem damage were also discussed. Group five – Review of Indus Water Treaty in the context of Climate Change The group talked on the depletion of resources i.e water availability and agriculture resulting into food insecurity across borders. They suggested renegotiation over Indus Water Treaty among India and Pakistan for discussing water distribution across the region keeping in view the needs of the population of both the countries. It was analyzed from the group discussions that the basic issues of both the countries are the loss of ecosystem reserves, bio diversity and energy. The facilitators suggested that opinion of independent regulatory bodies, farmer organizations and government should be included while dealing with these political as well as social problems. In this context the facilitators Joydeep and Alex shared different story ideas i.e. Stories on delta that how it affected fisherman (human rights violation), ways of making water more efficient for crops. In reaction of the group five, the facilitators objected that journalists cannot review or renegotiate any agreement or scientific study. The level of acceptability of their suggestion and their target audience was questioned. The facilitators clarified that IWT was made without keeping in view the aspects of climate change impacts as no such concept existed when the treaty was made or even negotiated for approval. Now with the passage of time affects of climate change reduced the level of water in western basin. This call for renegotiation of IWT but this should be done by the subject experts and policy makers and not the journalists. Facilitators highlighted that journalists need to handle any information very carefully i.e. data should be authentic while documenting story(s). Proper referencing of the facts also makes the stories attractive and gain confidence of the readers.

Session Eight: Water Issues from Kashmiri Perspective

The session talked about the neglect of Kashmir by both India and Pakistan while developing Indus Water Treaty. People of Kashmir are now facing the consequences of this neglect in the form of water scarcity due to this treaty. Kashmiris (both Indian Occupied and Jammu & Kashmir) should be compensated for the use of their water by both the countries. At least three resolutions have been passed so far in the state


assembly asking the central government to compensate J & K for the losses it has incurred in the wake of IWT. Kashmir has so far been able to harness only 20 percent of the potential for its irrigational needs whereas both India and Pakistan have established huge irrigational networks under the provisions under Indus Water Treaty. Every year the state of Jammu & Kashmir purchases power (from NHPC) against Rupees 2,000 crore in order to provide electricity to its domestic users. In the response to a question the speaker stated that some years back water scarcity was not an issue to consider therefore was not raised by Kashmiri journalists as well. But now water availability is a full grown issue in Kashmir and needs attention from both the cross border countries.

Session Nine: Climate Change – Environment, Development, Population and Food Security The session was divided into three sub-sessions, one on Environment, Development and Population and second on Climate Change and Food Security – a Media Perspective and third on solutions for agriculture against climate change. The presenters were Dr Nizamuddin, Mr Shafqat Munir and Dr Pervaiz Ameer. The first sub-session talked about the history and global response for the inclusion of the concepts of environment, development and population. The speaker gave the references of various global talks and forums and policy dialogues were the concepts were fully discussed with reference to the response against the severe impacts of the climate change. Pakistan’s efforts in response in the form of a book written titled ‘Holding up the Sky: Women, Population and Climate Change’ for UNFPA launched at Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December 2009. It talks about recommendations for environmental development at policy, research and advocacy level. Some of the recommendations were presented as follows: At Policy Level:

• Integrate gender concerns into environmental planning, monitoring and evaluation; and enhance communities’ meaningful participation in climate change policymaking

• Revise policy guidelines on farming practices and devise strategies for conserving agricultural water lost in canal system

• Allocate national budget resources to climate change initiatives and mainstream adaptation into national planning


• Establish mass public transit systems in both cities and towns; and promote the use of CNG in public transport

At Research Level:

• Establish an indigenous body of knowledge to promote research on climate change with a focus on women and population

• Develop water harvesting and conservation technologies, rationalize the use of water in agriculture, and provide better climate information to farmers

• Conduct research to understand the specific causes and consequences of climate change-induced migration

• Study the impacts of overpopulation in cities due to rural to urban migration • Study and analyze links between climate change and patterns of morbidity,

energy security, population growth, etc. • Develop climate sensitive policies that build local resilience and adaptive capacity

At Advocacy Level

• Promote public-private partnerships (PPPs) to support application of best practices in energy efficiency

• Reduce reliance on fossil fuels and increase reliance on renewable sources of energy

• Conserve the fast dwindling forest resources • Encourage the SME sector to invest in cleaner technologies • Promote judicious use of water by increasing awareness among consumers • Help civil society in contributing to the development of National Adaptation Plan

of Action (NAPA), and facilitate the government in the development of climate change policy and related legal instruments

The second sub-session focused on media’s role in advocating climate change mitigation. It was told that media is growing in length and width which is attributed to internet connectivity and new media technology. This development is turning the world into ‘mediapolis’ – a mediated public space where media underpin and overarch the experiences of everyday life. Media in its increasing role is shaping public policy agenda, influencing social and political discourses and gaining corporate space. Several development issues have been discussed and framed by media for policy decisions including issues of food security caused by climate change. A simulation exercise for the world by Actionaid in mid 2008 suggested the food scarce population of the world as 1.7 billion (i.e 25% of the world’s population). For South Asia the figure totals 112 million. Media needs to reveal as to how fragile is the balance between supply of food and the needs of the people. The stories can influence policy makers to look into the possibilities


of addressing issues relating to food insecurity such as uneven distribution of resources and endowments, climate change and inequality. It was told that media has the mandate to influence the public policy in terms of protecting the right to know the people. The third sub-session was an informal talk on solutions stimulating food securities. The session was facilitated by Dr Pervaiz Ameer. The session talked more on adaptations in the field of agriculture across borders than on highlighting the issue of food security itself. It was discussed that the adaptation should be such which should be in line with the changing trends of development especially cropping patterns adopted to minimize the impacts of CC. If the temperature and rainfall patterns of the regions do not compliment wheat as a major crop; the agriculture farming should promote alternative as its supplement and grow maize which is also a cash crop for this region. Therefore the cropping choice should be made in light with the temperate rise and fall and the people should be aware and motivated about this change. This particular session was ranked the highest among all the other sessions of the workshop reason being the clarity of concepts and solution based adaptations required to be adopted by both India and Pakistan.

Preparation of Action Plan for Journalist’s Participation in COP – 16 and linkage of the workshop with future Endeavors In this session the future steps as a follow up of this regional workshop were discussed in detail. The action points are as follows:

Action Plan for COP – 16, Mexico

• Writing of at least three stories/ articles in English or Urdu by each participant on the various sessions of this workshop with respect to climate change in particular. These stories will be consolidated in the media report of the workshop.

• The stories written by the Pakistani participants will be reviewed and the shortlisted participants will participate in COP – 16, Mexico.

• Funding opportunities for the Pakistani journalists’ participation in COP - 16 will be chalked out by LEAD Pakistan in collaboration with the workshop sponsors and partners (i.e DFID, One UN – JPE, Ministry of Environment and Commonwealth Foundation – UK)

• Setting of an agenda for the participation of journalists in COP 16 will be chalked out through the interaction of Indian and Pakistani participants and experts on Indo – Pak media group. LEAD Pakistan will make this agenda and will share it with its sponsors and partners for opinion and implementation.


Networking among Journalists from India and Pakistan

• As a follow up an email group titled “Indo – Pak Media Group on Climate Change” of the participants of the workshop will be created. This group will serve as a portal for discussion, ideas for writing stories on climate change. The group also includes subject specialists on climate change. The participants will also share their articles and stories on climate change for expert opinion and advocacy. The members of the Indo – Pak Media Group will also be made a part of LEAD Pakistan’s Climate Leaders Action Network (CLAN); an online portal promoting research and capacity building of students and mid career professionals on the various issues of climate change. The discussions on this portal will help facilitate information and opportunities for the capacity building of the journalists on Climate resilience. Presently CLAN is facilitating approx. 130 national and international members. Individuals can become members of this network by simply logging on to http://climate.lead.org

A face book group titled “Indo – Pak Media Group on Climate Change” will be created. This group will serve as hub of resources for accurate environmental reporting, discussions and sharing of articles, stories and photographs of the achievements by the members of this regional workshop. Avenues for electronic media projections on climate change will also be promoted for the participants of this workshop. A sub group of participants interested in electronic media projection on CC will be made from this email network.

Workshop Evaluation Day – Two Scale of 1 – 5:



Poor (less than 40%), Fair (40% - 59%), Good (60% - 69%), V. Good (70% - 80%), Excellent/ Outstanding (80% and above)


The statistics mentioned in the table show that participants were satisfied from the second day. The group learned and practiced various aspects of climate change and its effects on water. They were also satisfied with the trainers’ knowledge, style and the contents of the sessions taught. The overall rating of the sessions was between fair and excellent.

Q #

Day-2 Rating

Questions Amber Masood

Dr Nizam – ud-din

Richard Garstang

Shafqat Munir

Dr. Pervaiz Ameer

Danial Hashmi

Athar Parvaiz Bhatt

Rina Saeed Khan

1 Were the sessions relevant to your needs?

65% 72% 78% 90% 90% 88% 82% 87%

2 Were the sessions challenging?

55% 56% 68% 70% 90% 72% 78% 93%

3 Were the exercises beneficial?

49% 64% 63% 77% 95% 88% 76% 73%

4 Were there sufficient pre-session support?

58% 60% 63% 67% 85% 76% 78% 73%

5 Was the session folder useful?

73% 76% 73% 67% 85% 80% 82% 73%

6 How was the overall time management?

62% 64% 70% 67% 75% 68% 70% 73%

7 How do rate the whole day?

62% 68% 73% 80% 85% 68% 74% 87%

Quality of trainers

8 Knowledge of subject matter

56% 80% 70% 83% 100% 92% 84% 80%

9 Presentation Skills 58% 64% 50% 73% 100% 80% 78% 87%

10 Ability to achieve group participation

49% 44% 48% 77% 100% 84% 76% 87%

11 Ability to maintain interest

47% 48% 53% 77% 100% 76% 78% 87%

12 Quality of visual aids and reading material

45% 48% 48% 53% 90% 60% 68% 80%

Average Rating 52% 62% 63% 73% 91% 78% 77% 82%


Overall Workshop Evaluation Day - Two The ratings in the table show that the training was marked as ‘Successful’ with an overall average rating is 73%, of all sessions of the day

Q # Questions Rating

Q 1 Were the sessions relevant to your needs? 82%

Q 2 Were the sessions challenging? 73%

Q 3 Were the exercises beneficial? 73%

Q 4 Were there sufficient pre-session support? 70%

Q 5 Was the session folder useful? 76%

Q 6 How was the overall time management? 69%

Q 7 How do you rate the whole day? 75%

Quality of Trainers

Q 8 Knowledge of subject matter 81%

Q 9 Presentation Skills 74%

Q 10 Ability to achieve group participation 71%

Q 11 Ability to maintain interest 71%

Q 12 Quality of visual aids and reading material 62%

Overall Average Rating 73%


Proceedings of Day Three The third day of the workshop was divided into three sections a half day field visit, the certificate distribution ceremony followed by a farewell dinner hosted by LEAD Pakistan for the participants of the workshop.

Field Visit: Climate Change Mitigation The participants went for a field visit to Murree, to the Patriata area where the UNDP's GEF small grants programme has a project on climate change mitigation. Patriata was also the site of the proposed New Murree Project which was successfully halted by environmental lobbying. The purpose of the field visit was to give exposure to the participants about some measures that UNDP – GEF Small Grants Programme is implementing measures for climate change mitigation. The visit would have helped the participants to develop stories on climate change mitigation in New Murree. With the financial and technical assistance of UNDP – GEF Small Grants Programme, The Society for Upgradation of Gradation of Knowledge, Health and Infrastructure (SUKHI) launched the first project titled “Promotion of social Forestry and Rain Water Conservation Technology” in three Union Councils of Tehsil Murree in the year 2007 by planting 31,000 forests plants and 34000 fruit plants in orchards benefitting approximately 1,115 inhabitants of new Murree (Patriata). The organization also implemented an initiative of rainwater conservation by watershed management in the locally made cement tanks. The water is stored in these tanks through gravity flow and is used to harvest the orchards. The rainfall in the areas of Murree is quite high as compared to the other parts of the country therefore watershed management is successful in this area. The objective of the project is to conserve the environment by promoting natural resource of most precious pine trees forest and grow high quality fruit plants suitable to grow in the terrain of Murree. Some popular orchards are of apple, apricot, plum and peaches. The inhabitants are now growing some new species of fruit trees by using the techniques of grafting. The objective of forest conservation is achieved by creating awareness among the local communities through Community Based Organizations (CBOs). The awareness raising was about plantation of forest plants at places which suffered illegal cutting of forests by the community or timber maphia or massive


cutting because of construction of Expressway between Islamabad and Murree, houses and buildings and for other reasons. The project also created awareness for the protection of forests from accidental fire due to throwing and dumping of trash and later it’s burning. The organization under the funding from the same donors implemented another project of forest rehabilitation in year 2009. Under this project the organization distributed 40,000 fruit plants of certified quality only (including apple, peaches, apricot and plum in the project area to 746 beneficiaries with 25 – 200 plants of one variety per beneficiary. The participants of the workshop interviewed the community members and asked several questions about the utility of the project and income generation from these orchards at present and in future.

Certificate Distribution Ceremony The field visit was followed by a two hour long certificate distribution ceremony in which certificates were awarded to the participants and the core faculty of the workshop. Closing remarks were given by the host, distinguished guests and the sponsors during the ceremony. The CEO of LEAD Pakistan, Mr Ali Tauqeer Sheikh gave vote of thanks to the participants, resource persons, sponsors and partners whose participation and efforts made the workshop a success. The session also included closing remarks by the DFID’s Deputy Head – Programs, Mr David Taylor, Additional Secretary UN & EC – Foreign Office, Mr Munawar Saeed Bhatti, Syed Shafqat Kakakhel and Director General Environment - Ministry of Environment, Mr Jawed Ali Khan. Mr David Taylor in his speech stated that there is a pressing need for greater public knowledge on climate change. The media can help spread awareness on the key themes to a wide audience, including the human dimension and the need to work collaboratively to find solutions to common problems. The impact of CC on the shared waters of India and Pakistan was highlighted as a major threat in near future. The media have an important role to play in promoting a more transparent discussion and mutual understanding of the issues that each side faces. Drawing on experience in other shared river basin the journalists can show how collaboration over the use of water resources can lead to win – win situations for both the countries. He stressed that conservation and efficient use of water resources is a collective responsibility. The ‘Indo – Pak Media Network on Climate Change’ planned to be launched as an outcome the regional workshop will serve as a stepping stone in creating awareness around this collective responsibility. He mentioned the initiative of Climate Change Knowledge Development Network (CKDN) in his closing remarks. He mentioned that the UK has committed £50 million over 5 years to establish this new global facility. The climate LEAD Pakistan already being an implementing partner at South Asian Region on the CKD Network can extend support DFID in this initiative.


Mr Munawar Bhatti talked about the importance of the Indus Water Treaty. Therefore awareness of the masses on the treaty is essential for favorable response and acceptance on the issues of water scarcity across borders. Ambassador Syed Shafqat Kakakhel updated the audience on the concept of CC and negotiations lead by International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on such issues including scarcity of water across India and Pakistan.

Mr Jawed Ali Khan representing the Ministry of Environment and One UN – JPE thanked LEAD Pakistan and its sponsors for holding the regional workshop for Indian and Pakistani mainstream environment journalists. He stressed media today plays a leading role in setting trends and changing public opinion around the globe. He shared journalists from both India and Pakistan who attended this regional workshop will play a vital role in creating awareness and sensitizing this very important issue of Cross Border Water Scarcity Caused by Climate Change in their respective countries. On behalf of the Ministry of Environment through its One UN Joint Programme on Environment he extended support to LEAD Pakistan in providing support for fostering the physical and email based network and blog that will be formed as a result of this workshop. The Director General in his closing remarks mentioned that projects like CDKN can play an important role to progress climate change and the Ministry of Environment can work closely with the implementing partners of CDKN. The ceremony ended with the distribution of certificates and souvenirs among the participants.

Overall Workshop Evaluations Scale of 1 – 5:



Poor (less than 40%), Fair (40% - 59%), Good (60% - 69%), V. Good (70% - 80%), Excellent/ Outstanding (80% and above).Form attached as annex E).

Q No. Questions Rating

Q 1 Quality of workshop facilities 70%

Q 2 Quality of training folder 60%

Q 3 Field visit technical arrangements 60%

Q 4 Field visit logistical arrangements 60%

Q 5 Administrative support by facilitators 70%


Total Score and Rating of the Training Event

64%


Hospitality Evaluations Q No. Questions Rating

Q 1 Meals 75%

Q 2 Transport 94%

Q 3 Accommodation 63%

Q 4 Staff Support 94%

Average Rating 81%

The statistics in the above mentioned tables on General Questions related to the workshop is well appreciated by the participants i.e average rating 64%. The participants were also highly satisfied with the hospitality of the host organization and its partners (i.e average rating 81%).

Pre and Post Workshop Evaluations The participants were given a set of questionnaire related to the climate change science and aspects of climate reporting through print and electronic media. The participants were given the pre evaluation forms on day one in which they answered some questions against the criteria mentioned above. On the third day the participants evaluated their knowledge about climate change and the aspects of reporting again. All the questions were open ended therefore the qualitative analysis of pre and post workshop evaluations is given in the table mentioned below:

The pre and post workshop evaluation form and the detailed responses of the participants are attached as Annex F, G, and H respectively.

Sr. No. Pre – Workshop Evaluation Post – Workshop Evaluations

Q. No. 1 How much do you know about Climate change? Would you consider yourself to be an expert or novice?

How has the workshop enhanced your knowledge about climate change?

Analysis of Participants

The overall responses show that participants had a deep interest

The responses reflect a remarkable increase in the knowledge of


Responses in the phenomena of climate change, were aware of it as a challenge, but they were not very clear about the perspectives associated with climate change resilience. In short they have the related knowledge but they do not consider themselves experts on climate change.

participants regarding phenomena of climate change. The workshop proved to be an interactive one and helped the participants formulate a broader and clearer perspective.

Q. No. 2 Are you comfortable with the science behind climate change?

Analysis of Participants Responses

The responses show that the participants were comfortable with the science behind climate change but climate change impacts vary according to the climate in various regions therefore there is a need to refresh the knowledge related to this science and its future challenges.

Q. No. 3 How clear are you about the reasons behind water shortages affecting your country?

How clear are you now about the reasons behind water shortages affecting your country?


The main issues behind the water shortage, identified by the participants were mismanagement of the available water resources and the regional conflict across borders.

Participants were able to identify many important factors behind the water shortage including ‘climate change’ that was not considered at the time when Indus water treaty was signed. The workshop enabled the participants to understand the problems of water in Pakistan by getting the actual picture and need of time in present scenario.

Q. No. 4 Do you report about water issues in your media?

How the training helpful (specially in your journalism reporting)


The responses showed that the participants used to report/document various water issues occasionally in their respective news papers or TV

The interactive sessions of the workshop provided Innovative story ideas related to climate change leading to new trends in journalism. Moreover it provided


channels an opportunity to report the common problems and their solutions from a cross borders perspective.

Q. No. 5 Do you think you need more training in water issues specifically? Do you think it is an important issue?

How will this training experience change the way you approach your work in the future? be specific


Participants stressed the need of training in water issues stating that water conflict is crucial to talk about as it affects every segment of life either directly or indirectly.

The workshop provided a solid framework for participants to feature/document more focused and sought-after stories.

Q. No. 6 Would you be interested in covering COP-16 in Maxico? Why?

Are you planning on attending COP-16? Has the workshop helped prepare you in anyway?


The responses showed that participants were all interested in covering COP-16 to avail a wonderful opportunity to learn the philosophy of climate change and to highlight the perspective of their respective countries in front of the whole world.

After attending the workshop , Participants, being fully equipped with the knowledge relevant to climate change, seemed more interested and confident for attending the COP-16.For them it would be a great opportunity to address the issue in a multi dimensional context.

Q. No. 7 Any other comments?

Participants were content with the whole event and they appreciated the initiative of LEAD Pakistan to conduct an interactive and informative workshop. It was suggested that more workshops should be conducted at local level to break the communication barriers among varied communities; it will help to generate a collective thought that might be helpful to resolve the issue.


Media Coverage Media coverage was given due importance right from the inception. Various press; print and electronic media was invited to cover the proceedings of the workshop. The workshop was announced in ‘Whats on – The News and Today’s Dairy in the Daily Dawn.’ The inaugural session hosted by the Federal Minister of Environment was largely covered through the following leading English newspapers:

• The News: http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=231483 • The Nation: http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-

online/Islamabad/29-Mar-2010/Afridi-for-resolving-transborder-water-issues • Online news: http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=160646 • Daily Mail news: http://dailymailnews.com/0310/29/CityPage/CityPages6.php • APP:http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99

466&Itemid=38 • Pak Observer: http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=22897

Among others, prominent TV Channels such as Dawn, ARY, GEO and Roohi covered and reported the event in their news bulletins during the first day of the workshop. Moreover all the participants will write articles and stories on the various sessions of the workshop and Climate Change in general as a follow up of this workshop. All the articles furnished by the participants is compiled in the form of the media corner on the website www.lead.org.pk/jw

Website A proper website for the facilitation of the workshop has been developed since inception of this initiative. All the information related to the pre, during and after the workshop is available on the website at the following address www.lead.org.pk/jw . Regular analysis of the hits on this page is monitored by the knowledge management section of LEAD Pakistan. This analysis shows that various users access this page through different search engines for research and advocacy purpose. Details are available and can be shared with the partners upon request.

Conclusion and Way Forward The workshop served as an opportunity for the journalists from both the countries discuss on one forum the cross border water scarcity issues due to impending impacts of climate change in the South Asian Region. During the three days apart from learning science and theory of climate change the participants were given tips for accurate reporting on climate


change issues. The following steps are taken by LEAD Pakistan as the outcome and future liaison among the journalists from India and Pakistan, sponsors and partners of the event:

• An email based listserv titled ‘Indo – Pak Media Group on Climate Change’ has been created by LEAD Pakistan. Presently more than 40 individuals including participants and resource persons are members of this list. This email group is serving as resource hub with some brainstorming questions over the Indus Water Treaty, on ground realities associated with Indus water resource and its usage by both the countries. The participants are sharing articles on the negotiations of Indus water basin between both India and Pakistan. Some of the stories developed by our participants on the various sessions of the workshop and field visit are already shared on this list. The stories can also be reviewed on our website www.lead.org.pk/jw . The list will also encourage information on Climate Change that will help the members develop stories and articles on Climate Change. Members of this group can share information by simply writing at [email protected].

• The members of the Indo – Pak Media Group have also been made a part of LEAD Pakistan’s Climate Leaders Action Network (CLAN); an online portal promoting research and capacity building of students and mid career professionals on the various issues of climate change. The discussions on this portal will help facilitate information and opportunities for the capacity building of the journalists on Climate resilience. Presently CLAN is facilitating approx. 130 national and international members. Individuals can become members of this network by simply logging on to http://climate.lead.org

These online resources will promote interaction of the members of this workshop with wide range of professionals working on various fields of climate change. Several ideas for environmental reporting can be generated and gathered through these networks.

• A face book group titled ‘Indo – Pak Media Group on Climate Change’ has also been activated. This group is also providing a platform for social networking among the members of this workshop. It is serving as an online resource where all the members are uploading workshop photographs, articles on climate change for debate. LEAD Pakistan has sent invitations to all the members of this workshop for joining this group. Our partners can also become a part of this forum by logging on to http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=102323103142520

• LEAD Pakistan is preparing an action plan as a follow up of this workshop. The purpose of this action plan is to build upon the learning of this workshop and continue activities at national and international level that could promote the exposure of the South Asian journalists in general and Pakistani journalists in particular on climate change resilience.

• LEAD Pakistan has made a media corner incorporating the press release of the event

and the articles written by some of the Indian and Pakistani participants on the various sessions and themes of the workshop. The information can be accessed from the webpage http://www.lead.org.pk/jw/news_updates_journalist_workshop.htm.


Themes like Renegotiation over Indus Water Treaty by both India and Pakistan; Avoid In-flamed reporting on India-Pakistan water dispute – the expert’s views, Rivers a source of rising tension between Pakistan and India etc are some of the articles written by the workshop participants.

• LEAD Pakistan has developed a newsletter covering the proceedings of the workshop.

The printed (soft and hard copies) will be shared with the partners.

• A two pager update on the workshop has been prepared. The printed copies will also be shared with the partners. The same will be printed and send to the various stakeholders in public and private sector for information.

• The website of the workshop has been updated with all the relevant information. The

website address is www.lead.org.pk/jw

• The highlights of the evaluations show that the participants are satisfied from the event. All the sessions and the resource person’s knowledge were well appreciated.

• The responses of the participants in Pre and Post workshop evaluations reflect

remarkable increase in the knowledge regarding phenomena of climate change. The workshop proved to be an interactive one and helped the participants formulate a broader and clearer perspective on the subject taught. Participants were satisfied with the whole event and they appreciated the initiative of conducting an interactive and informative workshop. It is suggested that more workshops should be conducted at local level. This will help generate a collective thought leading to actions against the climate change.

• LEAD Pakistan has prepared this detailed workshop proceeding report which will be

shared with the partners and donors for their future use and reference.

Workshop Testimonials

Shumaila Jaffery, Senior Correspondent, Dunya TV, Lahore Thank you very much it was a beautiful trip, the arrangements were excellent

Afia Salam, Coordinator, Education, Communications and Outreach IUCN-Pakistan Heartfelt thank you and congratulations to the entire team for the successful


organization for the Regional Workshop of Environmental Journalists on Trans-boundary Water Issues. We all came away with a much better understanding of the issues involved and hopefully will be able to play our part in communicating them.

Alex Kirby, Former BBC Correspondent, UK

It was an enormous pleasure and privilege to meet you all in Islamabad last week. Thank you so much for your generosity and openness. I would not have missed it for the world. It seems to me that it was one of those occasions which could manage to trigger real improvements in the way people view apparently immutable realities, and I hope for all of us it will have been a beginning, not an end in itself. If there is any way I can be useful, please don't hesitate to let me know.

If you want someone to speak about cross-border issues, or to point you towards other experts and sources, you could try Anders Jagerskog at SIWI, the Stockholm International Water Institute (http://www.siwi.org/sa/site.asp?site=4) - [email protected].

Debate on Indus Water Treaty

Manipadma Jena, Independent Development Journalist, India Is the IWT is such a sacrosanct treaty that it cannot be revisited? IWT can be revisited Are Pakistan's concerns legitimate? River water is surely decreasing in most rivers in India and elsewhere (read Mekong river issues with China in IPS log today) and in majority

due to reasons other than climate change - over and indiscriminate exploitation is the main cause. The issue here is about both countries 'managing' their waters (and not just river waters) more efficiently and in mutually constructive ways; accepting and keeping future climate change impacts in perspective. Are the war clouds looming or it is just media hype? Cannot see any looming war clouds; do not


believe there will be war. For one, both countries simply cannot afford it and secondly US would do everything to diffuse it. It needs Pakistan's attention on the Afghan border for itself. Pallava Bagla, Photo journalist and Science Editor, NDTV - India I don't see any war clouds on the horizon, though possibly some of Pakistan's apprehensions could be legitimate.


Annexure

Annex A: List of Participants from Pakistan Sr.No Name Designation Organization Email Address Contact Number City 1 Shabina Faraz Editor, Columnist Weekly Konain, Daily Jang [email protected] Cell:03002493903, Ph:

021-5897126-7 Karachi

2 Saleem Shaikh Correspondent Dawnnews [email protected] Cell: 0300-2106662 Karachi 3 Afia Salam Coordinator, Education,

Communications and Outreach

IUCN [email protected] Cells: 0300 9223019, 0345-2006610, Ph: +92 21 5861540

Karachi

4 Zofeen T Ebrahim Freelance Journalist [email protected]

Cell: 0300-2753615, ph: 00-9221- 5838957

Karachi

5 Syed Jamshed Bukhari Correspondent Daily Jang [email protected]

Cell:0300-2457678, 0321-2457678,Off:021-2271084

Karachi

6 Shumaila Jaffrey Senior Correspondent Dunya TV [email protected] Cell: 0344-4440222,Ph: 042-6367127, 042-35423781

Lahore

7 Naveed Akram Abbasi Correspondent Nawa-e-Waqt [email protected] Cell: 0333-5417660, 0345-5855776

Abbotabad

8 Nazakat Ali Staff Reporter Daily K2, Geo TV [email protected] Cell: 0344-5404499, 0355-5404499, Ph: 05811-53446

Gilgit

9 Irfan Ahmed Baig Feature Writer Daily Jang [email protected] Cell: 0333-7872295, Ph: 081-2841187

Quetta

10 Mohsin Babbar Senior Journalist KTN [email protected] Cell: 0334 - 5164110, Ph: 051-4862102, 051-2555173

Islamabad

11 Faisal Raza Khan Senior Reporter Dawn news [email protected] Cell:0322-8563793, Ph: 051-2606015

Islamabad

12 Amir Jadoon Correspondent PTV [email protected] Cell: 03218501530 Islamabad

13 Huma Khawar Freelancer [email protected] Cell: 0300-9542711, 051-2211913

Islamabad

14 Muhammad Aftab Zahoor Environment journalist APP [email protected] Cell: 0333-5288480 Islamabad 15

Hamza Qaiser Reporter Aaj TV [email protected] Ph: 111-010-010; 03325426959

Islamabad


Sr.No Name Designation Organization Email Address Contact Number City 16 Sohail Khan Reporter Daily Ausaf [email protected] Cell: 0300 - 5129165; 0321

- 5255462 Islamabad

17 Jawad Butt

News/Current Affairs Producer

Dunya TV

[email protected] Cell: 0344-4440208

Lahore

18 M. Naeem Qureshi Journalist Energy Update Magzine [email protected] Cell: 0300 - 2068048 Karachi

19 Inayat Sakhawat Freelance Journalist [email protected] Cell:03465392201 Islamabad

20 Huma Mustafa Beg Executive Director Serendip Productions [email protected] Cell: 0300 - 8555592 Islamabad

21 Asad Malik

Reporter

Samaa TV

[email protected]; [email protected] Cell:0333-5398108

Islamabad

22 Kahar Zalmay

Press Officer

British High Commission

[email protected]; [email protected]

Tel: 051 - 2012887 (off); 0333 - 5646929

Islamabad

23 Ahmad Rafay Alam

Coordinator, Environment and Natural Resource Cluster Policy & Research Centre

Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)

[email protected]

Lahore

Annex B: List of Participants from India Sr.No Name Designation Organization Email Address Contact Number City 1 Amitabh Sinha Journalist/Special

Correspondent Journalist/Special Correspondent

[email protected]; [email protected]

Cell: 91-9811844475 Parsvnath Prestige, Noida, Delhi, India

2 Athar Parvaiz Bhatt Journalist The Kashmir Times, Jammu & Kashmir - India

[email protected] Cell: 91-9419071620 Srinagar, Kupwara Jammu & Kashmir, India

3 Keya Acharya

Journalist, Vice Chair

Forum of Environmental Journalists of India [email protected]

Cell: 91-8025594597 Bangalore India

4 Manipadma Jena Independent Development Journalist

[email protected]

Cell:91 9437301325 Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India

5 Pallava Bagla

Photo-journalist and Science Editor

NDTV – New Delhi Television

[email protected]

Cell: 91 9810301400; 91 22712896

New Delhi, India


6 Bharati Chaturvedi Director Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group

[email protected] Tel: 91 11 981840007 New Delhi, India

7 Joydeep Gupta Journalist - Associate Editor Indo Asian News Service, India

[email protected] ; [email protected]

(91-11) 26027953; (91) 9811835976

New Delhi, India

Annex C: List of Resource Persons and Facilitators

Sr.No. Name Designation Organization Email Address Contact Number City

1 Alex Kirby

Former BBC Correspondent, UK

[email protected]

Home: +44-(0)1273 474935 Mobile: +44-(0)7770 674017

London, UK

2 Joydeep Gupta Journalist - Associate Editor Indo Asian News Service, India

[email protected] ; [email protected]

(91-11) 26027953; (91) 9811835976

New Delhi,India

3 Rina Saeed Khan Freelance Journalist [email protected] 0333 - 4218309 Lahore, Pakistan

4 Daanish Mustafa Professor Department of Geography King's College, London

[email protected] 44 (0)207848 1667 London, UK

5 Ali Tauqeer Sheikh CEO LEAD Pakistan [email protected] 051 - 2651511 Islamabad

6 Amber Masud Project Support Officer Crisis Recovery and Prevention Unit, UNDP

[email protected] Ph: 051 – 2652840 ext. (233)

Islamabad

7 Mr. Arshad H Abbasi Senior researcher and water specialist

Consultant to UNDP and Ministry of Water and Power

Ph: 051 – 5954433 Rawalpindi

8 Mr. Danial Hashmi Senior Engineer (Snow and Ice Hydrology)

Water and Power Development Authority

Ph: 042 – 7028376 Lahore

9 Dr. Pervaiz Ameer Senior Economist Asianics, Islamabad

Cell: 0300 - 5055560

Islamabad


10 Dr. Ghazanfar Ali Head Global Change Impact Studies Centre

Ph: 051 - 9230226 – 8; 051 - 2077300

Islamabad

11 Prof Dr. Mohammad Nizamuddin

Vice Chancellor University of Gujrat Tel: +92 (53) 3643112

Gujrat

12 Mr. Richard Garstang National Program Manager Pakistan Wetlands Program Islamabad

13 Mr. Shafqat Munir Secretary General Asia Media Forum Ph: 051: 2831029 Islamabad

14 Manawar Saeed Bhatti Add. Secretary UN & EC Foreign Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad

Ph # 051 - 9207756 Islamabad

15 Mr Jawed Ali Khan Director General Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Environment

Ph: 051-9245528 Islamabad

16 Mr. Syed Shafqat Kakakhel

Senior Advisor on Climate Change

SDPI, Islamabad Cell: 0331-5122593 Islamabad

17 Huma Mustafa Beg

Executive Director

Serendip Productions

[email protected]

Cell: 0300 – 8555592

Islamabad

18 Hina Lotia General Manager LEAD Pakistan [email protected] 051 - 2651511 Islamabad

19 Isma Sana Coordinator, Trainings LEAD Pakistan [email protected] 051 - 2651511 Islamabad

20 Imtiaz Ali Shah YPO, Trainings LEAD Pakistan [email protected] 051 - 2651511 Islamabad


Annex D: Workshop Evaluation Form

Please Rate the Presentations on a scale of 5 where:

5=Excellent, 4=V. Good, 3= Good, 2=Fair, 1= Poor

5 4 3 2 1

Were the sessions relevant to your needs?

Were the sessions challenging?

Were the exercises beneficial?

Was there sufficient pre-session support?

Was the session folder useful?

Was the field visit relevant? (If any)

Was the field visit well organized? (If any)

How was the overall time management?

How do you rate the whole day?

Quality of trainers

Knowledge of subject matter

Presentation skills

Ability to achieve group participation

Ability to maintain interest

Quality of visual aids & reading


material

Would you like LEAD-Pakistan to invite this faculty member again? _____________

Annex E: Overall Workshop Evaluation Form

1- Quality of Workshop Facilitation:

2- Quality of Training Folder:

3-

4- Field Visits Technical Arrangements:

5- Field Visits Logistical Arrangements:

6- Administrative Support by facilitators:

What did you like most about this session?

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

What did you like least about this session?

Met Expectations Excellent Above Expectations Below Expectations Disappointing

Excellent Above Expectations Below Expectations Met Expectations Disappointing





____________________________________________________________________

Hospitality Evaluation Very Good Good Fair Unsatisfactory Meals

Transport

Accommodation

Staff support


Annex F: Pre Workshop Evaluation Form

1. How much do you know about climate change? Would you consider yourself to be an expert or novice?

2. Are you comfortable with the science behind climate change?

3. How clear are you about the reasons behind water shortages affecting your country?

4. Do you report about water issues in your media?

5. Do you think you need more training in water issues specifically? Do you think it is an important issue?

6. Would you be interested in covering COP-16 in Mexico? Why?

7. Any other comments?


Annex G: Post Workshop Evaluation Form 1. How has the workshop enhanced your knowledge about climate change?

2. How clear are you now about the reasons behind water shortages affecting your country?

3. How was the training helpful (especially in your journalism reporting)?

4. How will this training experience change the way you approach your work in the future? Be specific.

5. Are you planning on attending COP-16? Has the workshop helped prepare you in anyway?


Annex H: Responses of the participants in Pre and Post Workshop Evaluations

Sr. No. Pre – Workshop Evaluation Post – Workshop Evaluations

Q. No. 1 How much do you know about Climate change? Would you consider yourself to be an expert or novice?

How has the workshop enhanced your knowledge about climate change?

Responses of Participants

• I know a fair amount. But compared to many, I am not an expert (Bharati Chaturvedi)

• I have been tought everything I know by LEAD, whether that makes me an expert or a novice in your call (Rafay Alam)

• All scientists agree that climate change has been there since the planet came into existence. But we have to take care of our planet in order to keep it safe. No I am not an expert (Jawad Butt)

• Enough to report in Pakistan’s perspective. In between the expert and novice (Aftab)

• I find this topic very close to my interest, but know only as much as a layman, hence not an expert at all (Hamza)

• A moderate level understanding (Mohsin)

• Certainly not a novice, but probably not an expert either. Have closely followed climate change issues and discussions in past two

• I was aware of the climate change , but the workshop has broaden my perspective about the various dimensions of climate change (Shumaila)

• Very informative presentations, and interactive sessions, and the participant folder is full of information (Jamshed Gul)

• The workshop was fairly interactive. Helped build up my knowledge about Trans boundary water dispute (Saleem)

• The workshop was a good effort to enhance the knowledge of the journalists (Nazakat)

• Workshop enabled me to have new ideas of reporting (Aftab Zahoor)

• Yes it has enhanced my knowledge on trans boundary water issues (Pallava)

• Added to my knowledge about clime change to a large extent (Ather Pervaiz)

• The workshop Informed me about statistics of


years and written about them extensively (Amitabh Sinha)

• I am in a position to write authoritatively on climate change (Manipadma)

• Complete novice (Huma Khawar)

• I get confused because of the technicalities (Zofeen)

• I really consider a student of climate issues and wants to learn more (Faisal Raza)

• I am fairly well up on CC issues (Keya)

climate change and its negative impacts (Dr. Irfan)

Q. No. 2 Are you comfortable with the science behind climate change?


• Yes, but I always like to get a refresher, because one forgets numbers and there is new science (Bharati Chaturvedi)

• I am satisfied and have enough knowledge about science ( Dr. Irfan)

• To a greater extent yes (Amir Jadoon)

• Indeed! As long as its not too technical and deals with solutions on domestic level( Hamza)

• Unclear because lack of scientific evidence (Mohsin)

• Comfortable yes, certain no. Because science itself is not certain as of now (Amitabh Sinha)

• The science behind climate change needs to do more research, take variables into consideration and go slow on doom – gloom


prediction (Manipadma) • Yes because the pollution

is the cause of climate change (Nazakat)

• Yes and no: it’s a constant challenge as it keeps getting enhanced; it recognizes its own weakness and strengths. What gets analyzed I get what does not I don’t know (Huma Beg)

Q. No. 3 How clear are you about the reasons behind water shortages affecting your country?

How clear are you now about the reasons behind water shortages affecting your country?


• Mismanagement and regional conflicts and climate change are the reasons of water shortages (Jamshed Gul)

• Regional conflict, between countries (Sohail Khan)

• Up to great extent I am aware of the water shortages (Dr. Irfan)

• It is a very complex phenomena (Pallava)

• Fairly clear about my country , but not informed cross – border water issues (Manipadma)

• Lack of dams (Nazakat) • I have a fair idea of it

(Ather Pervaiz) • 80% , but need many

local stats, expert comments and role of all organizations dealing with it (Huma beg)

• I am clear about it, but participating in the program gave me some story idea which I did not have thought about earlier (Ather Pervaiz)

• In my country India, I am reasonably clear. But workshop enabled me to know the problems of water in Pakistan (Pallava)

• Added in my knowledge about water resource management, Indus water treaty, loss of biodiversity, sea intrusions, crops fields etc (Aftab Zahoor)

• Construction of dams are only solutions of water crises in the country (Nazakat)

• Bad water distribution system and misuse (Saleem)

• Melting of glaciers, floods, and global warming and bad governance (Jamshed)

• Mismanagement is the main reason behind the


water problem in Pakistan (Mohsin)

• It is an issue of mismanagement of water resources and lack of trust between India and Pakistan (Shumaila)

Q. No. 4 Do you report about water issues in your media?

How the training helpful (specially in your journalism reporting)


• Yes I do report (Bharati Chaturvedi)

• Yes many times I reported water issue in my newspapers(Sohail Khan)

• I regularly contribute articles to daily Quetta and daily Jang on water issues (Dr. Irfan)

• Occasionally discussed it in my documentary on climate change, but not exclusively(Amir Jadoon)

• I have got many story ideas from the presentations of the resource persons (Shumaila)

• Networking with Indian colleagues will helpful while reporting common threats ( Jawad Butt)

• Yes off course up to great extent (Muhsin)

• Learn reporting tips on climate change (Jamshed Gul)

• The workshop has raised many new issues and topics to write for my daily Dawn (Saleem)

• Environment is an important issue. The workshop has enhanced my report writing skills on the climate change issues specially about glaciers (Nazakat)

• Innovative ideas, exposure to more issues, new trends in journalism and various tips to write a story and how to educate readers (Aftab Zahoor)

Q. No. 5 Do you think you need more training in water issues specifically? Do you think it is an important issue?

How will this training experience change the way you approach your work in the future? be specific

Responses • Every one needs to know • I will focus on regional


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more. I know a lot about a mortgage, but have never been party to one. I drink water everyday, but know little of ground water rights (Rafay Alam)

• Yes, I think there is need of training workshops in small cities as well. Because it is an important issue and effecting, health, industries, agriculture and human life (Jamshed Gul)

• This is a very important issue, I myself suffer because I have to buy water for use and drinking (Zofeen)

• Certainly need training on cross border issues (Keya)

strategies, similarities in climate change disasters and urgency to improve water management. Do stories on adaptation and mitigation (Shumaila)

• Certainly we will develop best knowledge based stories and features in future.

• I have come through new approach of reporting climate change and water issues (Saleem)

• With more ideas I will be able to improve my reporting (Ather Pervaiz)

Q. No. 6 Would you be interested in covering COP-16 in Maxico? Why?

Are you planning on attending COP-16? Has the workshop helped prepare you in anyway?


• Sure: if it could bring a change into my feelings about climate change as accordance to the rest of the world. And it would be a great learning experience, which I can use in my world in making the world green (Jawad Butt)

• I would be interested in flogging a typical Indian point of view (Bharati)

• Yes of course this will not only help cover the event from Pakistani perspective, but also help raise Pakistan’s exposure to the environmental issues as an effectee

• I would be consider so lucky if I will be given an opportunity to attend COP-16 and this workshop enhanced my motivations to attend the COP-16 (Dr. Irfan)

• Yes I do, I think the program was helpful in that sense. I learnt some of the dimensions which I did not know before (Ather Pervaiz)

• I would like to see what will happen in COP – 16 (Pallava)

• Of course would appreciate if I get an opportunity. Workshop can be described a prologue to what more I


(Saleem) • I would be interested:

Climate change is an issue that needs to be persistently written about in order to reach the common man the information that would affect him most. Having equipped myself with knowledge on climate change would like to continue contributing (Manipadma)

• Yes: because Pakistan has not able to present its case very passionately at Copenhagen and there were hardly any story in the media later for public awareness. (Shumaila)

have to learn about climate change (Aftab Zahoor)

• This workshop made me more committed to attend and cover COP – 16 (Muhsin)

Q. No. 7 Any other comments?

• The workshop should be conducted at regional level in Pakistan, and in local languages should be medium of instruction (Jamshed Gul)

• We should regularly do these workshops, maybe we could bring a better solutions then our governments and save some water for our children to come (Jawad Butt)

• LEAD has provided us an excellent opportunity to learn and share our ideas (Aamir Jadoon)

• Please do focus on solutions, not just the problems (Hamza)

• Cross border communication could hold one of the keys to resolving contentions (Manipadma)


• Field visits are more productive in workshops (Ather Pervaiz)

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