akistan and Climate Change

Outline:
1. Introduction
i. Climate change is a major threat to the world today
ii. Third world countries including Pakistan are particularly vulnerable to climate change

2. What is climate change?

i. Green house effect
ii. Industrial activity and rise in concentration of green house gases
iii.Global warming

3. Effects of climate change across the globe

i. Melting of glaciers
ii. Frequent floods
iii. Droughts
iii. Food shortage
iv. Rise in sea level
v. Environmental refugees

4. How climate change is affecting Pakistan?

i. 8th most vulnerable country to climate change
ii. Floods and economic losses due to floods
iii.Loss of agricultural productivity due to climate change
iv.Drought and water scarcity in Pakistan
v.Frequent heatwaves
vi.Effect of climate change on power generation

5. Steps taken by government to deal with climate change

i. National Climate Change Policy 2012
ii. Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR)
iii.Participation of Pakistan in COP21
iv. Climate Change a provincial subject after 18th amendment

6. How Pakistan can deal with climate change?

i. Build dams to reduce floods and increase water availability
ii. Free water and food supply to drought hit areas
iii.climate feasibility report should be made before every new project
iv. increasing awareness in public

7. conclusion

Introduction
In the past few decades, scientists have increasingly warned that mother earth may be heading towards
an environmental collapse. Climate change has emerged a a new threat to the civilisation since the dawn
of the industrial age. While climate change is a global threat, it is also true that the third world may be its
major victim. The vulnerability of the third world lies in its inability to deal with climate related disasters.
Pakistan is also among the list of countries highly vulnerable to climate change. It is unfortunate, that we
as a nation show little interest in understanding and dealing with this impending threat. Climate change
is a reality, however, there is little awareness in the public about it. To deal with the challenge of climate
change the government needs to take several steps including educating the masses so that a major
threat to the security of the country ma be deterred.