Proposal Document

Question

Prepare a comprehensive proposal document on the below discussed scenario in the project
title and explained in the problem background. Your proposal will be written in “Report
Format” and must comprise of following contents (in same sequence) discussed below in
project outline:

Project Title:

Raising Community Awareness on Reducing and Adapting to the Pace Paced

Climate Change and Preservation of Water Sources

Project Background:

Climate change is disrupting weather patterns, leading to extreme weather events,

unpredictable water availability, exacerbating water scarcity and contaminating water supplies.
Such impacts can drastically affect the quantity and quality of water that children need to
survive. Climate
change is a global phenomenon manifested mainly through global warming. The International
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has reported its negative consequences on natural resources,
anthropogenic activities, and natural disasters. The El Nino and La Nina have affected hydrologic
regimes and ecosystems. It has been observed that the average temperature in 1995 was 0.4°C
higher than that in 1895. By the end of the 21st century, 10% of the area of Bangladesh is likely
to be submerged by the sea. Most of the islands of Pacific Ocean will disappear. A major part of
Maldives will be submerged. The sea level is expected to rise by 30-150 cm. Extreme events
such as floods, cyclones, tsunamis, and droughts have become regular phenomena in many
parts of the world. Other adverse impacts are proliferation of water-borne diseases, sea water
intrusion, salinization of coastal areas, loss of biodiversity, eco-degradation of watersheds and
global glacial decline, and haphazard snow melts/thaws. In turn, these factors have serious
effect on water resources. Pakistan is confronting similar climate change. Meteorological data
reveal that winter temperatures are rising and summers are getting cooler. Temperature is
expected to increase by 0.9°C and 1.5°C by years 2020 and 2050, respectively. Water resources
in Pakistan are affected by climate change as it impacts the behavior of glaciers, rainfall
patterns, greenhouse gas emissions, recurrence of extreme events such as floods and droughts.
Severe floods have occurred in the years 1950, 1956, 1957, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1988, 1992,
2010, 2011, and 2012.
Pakistan has faced the worst-ever droughts during the period from 1998 to 2004. Pakistan has
surface water potential of 140 million acre feet (MAF) and underground water reserve of 56
MAF. It is one of the most water-stressed countries in the world. The per capita annual
availability of water has reduced from 5140 m3 in 1950 to 1000 m3 now. It is fast approaching
towards water scarcity. To minimize adverse impacts of climate change on the water crisis in
Pakistan, the preparation of integrated national, provincial, and local level master plans
encompassing technical, social, environmental, administrative, and financial considerations is
necessary. It is imperative to implement two simultaneous approaches of adaptation (living
with climate change) and mitigation (addressing negativities of climate change).

Although a shortage of clean drinking water is the most immediate threat to human health,
water scarcity can have far-reaching consequences. Diminished flows in rivers and streams can
increase concentration of harmful pollutants. Researchers including Rosemary Knight and Scott
Fendorf
at Stanford’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences (Stanford Earth) have shown
that overtaxed aquifers in some places may become more vulnerable to contamination. When
waterways run dry, animals may seek out drinking water from places where people live,
increasing the likelihood of contact between humans with wildlife and any disease-carrying
insects they host. Drought can also elevate risk of wildfires and dust storms that may lead to
irritation of lungs and airways.

More directly, when people can’t get enough water for sanitation and handwashing, respiratory
and gastrointestinal illnesses tend to spread more easily. Food safety can be affected, too:
When soils dry out and become compacted, it’s more likely that rain will run off the surface and
carry contaminants to crops instead of soaking into the ground.

Global warming will undoubtedly mean that we will live in a more dangerous and uncertain
world, but the consequences are still manageable if we aim for both drastic emission cuts and
policies to make societies more resilient. Many water-related solutions let us do both
simultaneously and they should, therefore, be prioritized. Protecting forests, integrating
wetlands in cities, and investing in wastewater treatment are examples of solutions that multi-
task. Through them, we can curb the emissions curve and boost resilience in a way that also
helps reduce the gap between the rich and poor.

Project Outline

You are supposed to cover following points in your proposal document:

1. Introduction of the Project in Detail

2. Problem at Hand
3. Describe the environmental challenges for climatic change and water crisis due to
massive urbanization, increased carbon footprint and massive pollution your project
will address.
4. Consider the following questions:
- What are the adverse effects and upcoming grave challenges and complications to be
faced by us? (Research the current state of the issue)?
- What are the overall consequences and destructive outcomes?
- What are the most important causal factors that have resulted in the environmental
degradation and life destruction in Pakistan?
- What are the unmet needs your project will address (How will this project be helpful in
promoting environmental sustainability and socioeconomic integration)?
- What will the audience of your project?

5. Project Goal and Objectives

- The positive change that will occur if your project is successful
- The series of accomplishments that will lead to achievement of the goal
- Objectives should be SMART - Specific, Measurable, Area-specific, Realistic and Time-
bound.
6. Project Significance
- What are practical long term impacts on society and external stakeholders?
- How will your project be beneficial in future for sustainability development goals?
7. Project Strategy (Action Plan)
- How you propose to address the problems ‘through your awareness campaign’ and
needs identified in 1st step.
- Also state the starting and ending dates of the project.
8. Description of Project Activities
- Describe the project's primary activities.
- Be sure to describe the society's interest and involvement in the project.

9. Time/Task Chart (like a table along with description as shown in following sample
diagram)

Activity Days No. of Persons

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Responsible Person
Write all activities and action steps in
the sequence they will be carried out

10. Project Staff

- Give the title, qualifications and a brief job description for each proposed staff
member.
11. Monitoring and Evaluation
- When and how will project activities be monitored? Who will be responsible?
- When will evaluation and progress reporting take place? Who will be involved? What
specific evaluation activities will be carried out?
12. Budget (like a table along with description as shown in following sample diagram)
- Prepare a detailed budget for the project execution.

Detailed Budget

Budgetary Items Total Cost Contribution Total Funding

Requested
Personnel
Travel
Equipment and Material
Other Direct Costs
Total
 13. Conclusion / Project Summary
- The summary should briefly restate the problem your project will address, your
proposed strategy and the principal project activities along with the ultimate benefits
your project will have for the mitigation of the climatic change harms and conservation
of water for welfare of the larger society and natural environment.

Report Compilation Tips:

1. Explain each of the points comprehensively in detail

2. Each of the above 13 points must be explained with the headings
3. The explanation must be of quality, not copied from the internet
4. Make sure you add some visuals/figures or graphs as well to present the
data/information
5. 0% tolerance for the plagiarized content.
6. Report must be professional formatting with a formal title page