Can Climate Change Pakistan'S Economy?


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"We are grappling with uncertainty about how to deal with yearly floods," says a 55-year-old resident of Pakistan's Shikarpur.

"My home has been destroyed, cattle drowned, and yearly crops lost."

That's just one example of the devastation wrought by the country's worst floods in more than a century, which killed more than 1,100 people in August and September of last year, per the Guardian.

The floods, caused by a 1.2-degree- Celsius rise in global temperatures and exacerbated by land-use changes and melting glaciers, also damaged or destroyed more than 1 trillion rupees ($13.3 billion) worth of buildings, agriculture, transport, and communications, per a new report from the Global Change Impact Studies Center.

The country needs to spend $16.3 billion to get back on its feet, but experts say it could take a decade to get back on its feet if nothing is done.

"Pakistan finds itself at a crucial crossroads adapt, or suffer the consequences," the center's executive director says in a statement.

"However, an adoption of effective policies could help Pakistan not only mitigate the impacts of climate change but also attract investment and expand the country's trade horizons."

The Guardian notes that Pakistan contributes less than 1% of global greenhouse gas Read the Entire Article


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