Impacts of climate change in Pakistan!
There is no need to deny the fact that climate change is a substantial change in Earth’s climate which lasts for an extended period. Because its factors contributing to climate change are now more related to human activities which alter the composition of the global atmosphere.
Furthermore, it is one of the harmful greenhouse gases, known as carbon dioxide, which emits the atmosphere a very large amount now. It is due to mankind’s activities that include growing industrialization, burning of fossil fuels, and unnoticeable deforestation.
In addition, Pakistan is increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, like floods and droughts, and many more due to climate change, and the effects of climate change in Pakistan is highly severe with frequent occurrences such as the melting of Himalayan range glaciers at a rate faster than ever recorded in history, abrupt rainfalls, unpredictable flooding, droughts varying temperature, lack of water sources, intense heat waves and many more.
In other words, there are some effects of climate change in Pakistan that are more frequent and intense droughts like; storms, heatwaves, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and warming oceans that can directly harm animals, plants, and destroy the places where they live. Similarly, as climate change worse and dangerous weather events become more frequent or severe. Because, climate change is the greatest threat to mankind with profound consequences for socio-economic factors such as energy consumption, food production, security, and health problems.
Undoubtedly, climate change will not only affect the production of agricultural commodities but also disturb the economic steadiness affecting the supply and demand balance of agriculture commodities profitability, trade, and prices of these commodities. Even this evidence shows that climate change will affect crop production directly and Pakistan is being an agro _ based country as 47% of people rely on agriculture not only for employment but also for food too.
Since the agriculture sector contributes 24% to the GDP of Pakistan is highly affected by the changes in temperature rising and rainfalls. There is a shortage of food for the people who are completely dependent on agriculture. Climate change poses serious threats to even farmers in Pakistan who live in isolated, marginal areas such as mountains, drylands, and deserts.
Therefore, the Government of Pakistan should undertake urgent reforestation and afforestation programs on mountain slopes, build dams to store rainwater, switch to renewable energy sources, and ban diesel vehicles in the mountains so that they have better and luxury lives.
Salman Nusratullah,
Turbat
Turbat