GROWING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PAKISTAN

Abstract

Climate change is not only a threat to the environment but it poses threats to the economic security of Pakistan as it is dependent on agriculture. If nothing was done, climate-induced disasters in Pakistan would worsen. In addition, Pakistan has passed through a phase of temperature enhancement in the last few decades. There is an average annual temperature rise of approximately 
0.5°C compared to the 1960s average annual temperature. According to a global probability, global warming might reach an additional 1.3°C to 1.5°C by the year 2050 (Teske et al., 2022). In the past few years, disasters triggered by climate have magnified in Pakistan. Faster Global partners, the World Bank revealed that over $ 40 billion has been lost along Reconstruction in Pakistan with 
more than 1700 people dead and 12000 people injured in flood-affected areas in 2022. The magnitude of the population affected by flooding is expected to rise including the construction of new settlements in risky areas such as the rate of around 5 million people potentially at risk of extreme river floods in 2035- 2044, an additional approximately 1 million probable annual risk of coast flood in 2070-2100. According to the World Bank, the climate shocks, extreme events, and pollution of the environment and the air lowered Pakistan’s economic capacity and brought forecasts that the country’s GDP will be cut down by 18-20 per cent by 2050. This will reverse any gain on economic development and poverty eradication.