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In a bid to overcome drought in some districts of the province, the Balochistan government in Pakistan has decided to use cloud seeding and artificial rain technology. Initially, the project will cater to needs of an area of 10,000 square kilometres in Gwadar district, where the catchment of four dams is located.
Heatwaves can affect agriculture in multiple ways, either directly through physical damage to crops or indirectly through loss of potential production.
Following a deadly heatwave in 2015, Karachi has adopted a heatwave management plan, which seeks to help and protect vulnerable communities in the city by alerting them about the rise in mercury and informing them about required precautions.
Pakistan’s Meteorological Department has forecast a heavy monsoon this year, with a warning for glacial lake outburst floods, landslides and flash floods in certain regions. These warnings beg the question, is Pakistan prepared for the floods? The answer, unfortunately, is no. There are no early warning systems in place to evacuate people and livestock in time.
Climate change is putting human security in terms of food and calorie availability and consumption at risk, especially for the vulnerable poor. According to Dr Faisal Abbas and Dr Abdur Rehman Cheema in this opinion piece, the recent heat waves and heavy flooding in Pakistan are indicators of this vulnerability...
'We expect lesser rains in the southern half of the country, which is already in the grip of drought-like conditions,' chief of the Pakistan Meteorological Department, Dr Ghulam Rasul, told Dawn. The SASCOF has warned that the deficient summer monsoon could affect agriculture-based economies in the region...
'Today, we can’t discuss climate change without the military discussing it. Climate change is a growing worldwide threat to general peace and security,' says Pakistan’s retired Lt Gen Tariq Waseem Ghazi from Pakistan, who now works for the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change...
Senior Minister Chaudhry Mohammad Yasin welcomed the concept of resilience building and IR’s Country Director Ateeq Rehman told Dawn, 'Our priority should be to reduce risks of disasters and be prepared to avoid losses at the cost of development'...
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