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The 2022 Pakistan floods mainly caused by increased precipitation and glaciers melting fueled by climate change, destroyed around 50% of the crops of Pakistan which can lead to food shortages. [ 27 ] In 2024, it was reported that Pakistan has faced an orange shortage due to climate change, which has reduced citrus production by 35%, slashed ...
From 15 June to October 2022, floods in Pakistan killed 1,739 people, [3] and caused about US$40 billion in damage. [4] The immediate causes of the floods were heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers [5] that followed a severe heat wave, both of which are linked to climate change.
More than 33 million people in Pakistan are struggling to deal with a monsoon season supercharged by climate change. Torrential rainfall has dragged on for weeks, killing more than 1,100 people ...
Pakistan must invest in climate resilience for its survival, prime ministerial hopeful Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press. The country is two weeks ...
But Pakistan is among the countries most at-risk from climate change because of its warm, wet climate. More than 33 million of Pakistan’s 220 million residents are in areas currently affected by ...
According to scientific research, climate change played a substantial role in the devastating floods of 2022, which had a direct impact on over 30 million people in Pakistan, resulting in the loss of lives, damage to public infrastructure, and displacement from homes. [19] Climate change poses a significant menace to Pakistan's economy and ...
The Pakistani people are facing a ‘monsoon on steroids’, Antonio Guterres warned as more than 1,000 were killed in devastating flooding.
A real-time extreme event attribution study by the World Weather Attribution project showed that the heat wave was made 30 times more likely due to climate change. [20] [21] The occurrence of the heatwave was consistent with underlying climate change in Pakistan and in India. [22]