Comprehensive review of heatwave events in Pakistan (2015 - 2025)

This report, Heat Wave Survival Guide and Best Practices, provides a comprehensive analysis of heatwave risk in Pakistan and presents actionable strategies for prevention, preparedness, response, and long-term resilience. Drawing on climate projections, historical heatwave events, vulnerability assessments, and global best practices, the publication highlights heatwaves as a rapidly intensifying disaster risk with severe implications for public health, livelihoods, urban systems, and ecosystems. It emphasizes anticipatory action, early warning systems, climate-responsive urban planning, community-based interventions, and multi-sectoral coordination as critical pathways to reducing heat-related mortality and losses. By integrating national data, provincial case studies, and international lessons, the report aims to support policymakers, practitioners, and communities in strengthening disaster risk reduction and advancing climate-resilient development in Pakistan.