CLIMATE CHANGE & RISING CRISIS IN PAKISTAN
Pakistan is an autonomous country that occupies a strategic location in South Asia, with a wide variety of landscapes. The major portion of the Pakistani land is dry and barren, mainly because of the great variability in the climatic parameters. Most Parts of Pakistan are Arid to Semi Arid with significant spatial and temporal variability in climate. Climate change is ranked 1 st among the top 27 most acute problems of this planet. According to IPCC (Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change), the developing and the least developed countries are expected to suffer more due to climate change as compared to the developed countries. Pakistan lies in a geographical region where the temperature increases are expected to be higher than the global average; its land area is mostly arid and semi-arid, its rivers are predominantly fed by the Hindu Kush-Karakoram & Himalayan glaciers which are reported to be melting rapidly due to global warming; its predominantly an agric...