Consultative Workshop on development of Climate Change Local Adaptation Plan of Action (LAPA) District Layyah (Report) Geography: Layyah District is located in the southern part of the province. Layyah City is the districtheadquarters of Layyah District. It lies between 30–45 to 31–24 degree north latitudes and 70–44 to 71–50 degree east longitudes. The area consists of a semi-rectangular block of sandy land between the Indus River and the Chenab River in Sindh Sagar Doab. The total area covered by the district is 6,291 km2 with a width from east to west of 88 km and a length from north to south of 72 km.The district has hot climate, most of the area is desert.District Layyah has an area of 6291 square kilometers and comprises the three tehsils of: Layyah Chaubara Karor Lal Esan Main Towns of this district are: Chowk Azam Fatehpur Kot Sultan Administration: Pakistan’s 18th constitutional amendment was signed into law in 2010 targeting to decentralize political supremacy. It pursued to curb the oft-abused powers of the Pakistani presidency and empower the country’s four provinces by transferring federal-level capital, resources and authorities to provincial governments. The main purpose was to ensure upright governance and impartiality at the doorstep. This plan gave the assurance of the rights of the people and their partaking in the communal welfare. Local government bodies: District government and its hierarchy Economy: Layyah is one of least industrialized districts of Punjab.Major Industries in Layyah are as follows: Cotton Ginning and Pressing Flour Mills Oil Mills Sugar Agriculture Main Crops 1. Sugarcane 2. Wheat 3. Cotton 4. Gram 5. Guar Seed Main Fruits 1. Citrus 2. Dates Main Vegetables 1. Onion 2. Potatoes How is climate change affecting the area? Layyah has a long history of floods and almost every year, these wreak mayhem in this district. Monsoon floods in 2006 and hill torrents during 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 affected a vast majority of the population. Moreover, the floods severity and frequency has become unpredictable in the face of changing climate. According to locals, the floods of 2006 and 2010 were the worst.The July 2011 floods impacted several thousand villages in district Layyah almost affected more than 250 villages, out of total 53 are considered severely damaged, resulting in large scale damage and destruction of housing. In many areas, water levels rose to the level destroying complete infrastructure of local houses, hospitals, agriculture, basic health facilities and resulting in mass scale displacement of thousands of families in the food affected villages and Union councils of district Layyah- Punjab. What next? Water-efficient crops. Promoting flood-resilient farming and livestock management. Establishment of a well-placed early warning system down to community level. Trained manpower. Local Adaptation Plan of Action District Layyah What Action? Connect Where to Who will When to implement How to What Who ion to implement? implemen TIMING? implement? will it will Themati t? cost? pay c Areas (Dono r)? Activities Location Short Mediu Long Methods Amo Donor Term m Term unt of Term Mone y Awareness Food, UC Sahowala Nazir XXXXX 10 campaign on Health, Ahmad Awareness climate change Agricult sessions impacts and ure, causes for the Irrigatio vulnerable n population Climate change Food, UC Sahowala Nazir XXXXX 2 X Radio adaptation Health, Ahmad, broadcasting awareness Agricult MazharIqb , awareness ure, al and campaigns, 5 Irrigatio Malik X Transect n Zaheer walks for assessing possible impacts of climate change on local communities Integration of Food, UC Sahowala Nazir XXXX Meeting, Local adaptation Health, Ahmad Advocacy plans into Agricult and with district level ure, Mohamma government plans Irrigatio d Ibrahim officials n Air Pollution due Health, Layyah City Ismail and XXXX 5 X to sugar Environ industrial Asghar Ali X Coordination industry ment area meetings and 5 X awareness sessions Research on Health, UC Nawakot Ismail and XXXXXX 5 X forestation of Forest and UC Nadir Coordination young tree Chobara meetings and species 5 X Filed visits of areas inhabiting young tree species Strengthening of Health, UC Nawakot Ismail and XXXXX Meetings and Already existing Forest and UC Nadir research Nurseries Chobara field visits of five nurseries A plant for a Health, UC Nawakot Ismail and XXXXX Advocacy Plant campaign Forest and UC Nadir meetings Chobara with District relevant line departments for allocation of funds for the campaign Media Campaign Health, UC Nawakot Sumran XXXX 5 X on Soil erosion Agricult and UC Sheikh and Coordination and River ure, Chobara Lohan meetings and erosion Irrigatio Sheikh 5 X n awareness session Research on Jamal UC Nawakot Naseem XXXXX Awareness drought chapri, and UC Bibi, session mitigation and Tehsil Chobara Ismail and seasonal adaptation 172 Zaman farming and measure counter crops .