CLIMATE CHANGE AND PAKISTAN: AN OVERVIEW
Abstract
This paper aims to discuss the hot burning issue that we all are facing right now called “Climate Change” and more specifically in the context of Pakistan. Climate change or the issue of climate change has existed since decades but unfortunately, it is highlighted recently by the efforts of some states or people individually or collectively. Pakistan has the lowest contribution of carbon emission but on the ranking of among the top ten countries that are affected severely. Pakistan’s made policies and doing work on that but since the last decades, our country is facing very unprecedented weather patterns causing uncontrollable damage in the form of deaths especially. The dangerous heat waves we faced in 2015 and then in 2018, and recently the heavy rainfalls also became the reason for people’s deaths. Also, the damage of infrastructure and lack of enough equipment and technologies made this catastrophic. Although Pakistan is doing its efforts towards tackling climate change there is a need to do more. With this, international communities or the developed world’s help and assistance must be required.
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