Climate change awareness is an imperative to achieve sustainability in
developing countries. Lack of awareness is a significant barrier to climate change
adaptation in developing countries. Raising climate change awareness at the local
level is critical for Pakistan as climate change impacts are exacerbating the number
and extent of disasters in this disaster-prone country. Pakistan's vulnerability to
climate change impacts is very high (ranked 12th in the world). This research
assesses the awareness of climate change impacts among the local planning officials
in Punjab, Pakistan. The research contextualises its findings in the context of
Pakistan's resilience to deal with the adverse impacts of climate change given its
unique and unusual set of socio-political circumstances. The findings of this chapter
are based on a detailed survey conducted with local planning officials of Lahore,
Pakistan. The survey explores the level of awareness of climate change, its causes
and impacts in Pakistan. The survey and subsequent analysis in particular focuses
on the potential role of use of Geographical Information System (GIS) in raising
climate change awareness.