Climate action
It will come as no surprise to much of Pakistan’s population that their country ranks among the lowest for disaster risk management for water security in Asia, according to the Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO). Following the extreme heatwave of May – the city of Jacobabad hit 51 degrees C on M...
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| author | Hafeez, Mohsin Rana, Abdul Wajid Ringler, Claudia |
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| description | It will come as no surprise to much of Pakistan’s population that their country ranks among the lowest for disaster risk management for water security in Asia, according to the Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO). Following the extreme heatwave of May – the city of Jacobabad hit 51 degrees C on May 14 – Pakistanis are now experiencing the most extreme flooding of their lifetime. These were two systemic, interlinked extreme events, with the hotter air earlier in the year holding more moisture and melting glaciers foreshadowing the floods. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1272132025-12-08T10:29:22Z Climate action Hafeez, Mohsin Rana, Abdul Wajid Ringler, Claudia disaster risk management water security heat flooding poor rural income livelihood crops livestock food insecurity electricity policies natural resources low income groups water management pakistan balochistan livelihoods sindh water use rural areas It will come as no surprise to much of Pakistan’s population that their country ranks among the lowest for disaster risk management for water security in Asia, according to the Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO). Following the extreme heatwave of May – the city of Jacobabad hit 51 degrees C on May 14 – Pakistanis are now experiencing the most extreme flooding of their lifetime. These were two systemic, interlinked extreme events, with the hotter air earlier in the year holding more moisture and melting glaciers foreshadowing the floods. 2022-09-19 2023-01-16T15:21:16Z 2023-01-16T15:21:16Z Opinion Piece https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127213 en Open Access News International Hafeez, Mohsin; Rana, Abdul Wajid; and Ringler, Claudia. Climate action. The News. First published on September 19, 2022. |
| spellingShingle | disaster risk management water security heat flooding poor rural income livelihood crops livestock food insecurity electricity policies natural resources low income groups water management pakistan balochistan livelihoods sindh water use rural areas Hafeez, Mohsin Rana, Abdul Wajid Ringler, Claudia Climate action |
| title | Climate action |
| title_full | Climate action |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Climate action |
| title_short | Climate action |
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| topic | disaster risk management water security heat flooding poor rural income livelihood crops livestock food insecurity electricity policies natural resources low income groups water management pakistan balochistan livelihoods sindh water use rural areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127213 |
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