More than a thousand people have perished in Pakistan flood and millions have been forced from their homes in Pakistan as a result of devastating flooding following scorching heat waves that damaged crops and dried up rivers in the Northern Hemisphere.
Ahsan Iqbal, Pakistan’s minister of planning, claimed that the country was already experiencing the consequences of climate change brought on by the richer country’s “irresponsible development.”
It has been described as “a monsoon on steroids” by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Sherry Rehman, the nation’s minister for climate change, described the situation as “an epic humanitarian calamity caused by climate change.”
The global warming of the planet and intensification of extreme weather are well known effects of burning fossil fuels, but how much of the fatal flooding in Pakistan or the heatwaves in Europe are caused by climate change?
Climate change and extreme weather
There have been and will continue to be extreme weather events, however there may be a link between climate change and the frequency or intensity of these events.
According to a study from 2021, the south Asian monsoons become more intense with every 1C rise in global temperature that resulted in 5 percent more rain.
Glacial lake outburst floods, which can be devastating, are caused by the melting of glaciers in Pakistan, which is accelerated by the country’s extreme heat.
In Pakistan, this leads to flash flooding in addition to the regular flooding brought on by overflowing rivers.
They assert that industrialised nations suffered loss and harm as a result of the globe being warmer, including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan, who all became wealthy through the usage of fossil fuels.
However, the Biden administration also opposed initiatives to set up subsidies for developing nations that have been severely impacted by climate change.
Ahsan Iqbal, Pakistan’s minister of planning, claimed that the country was already experiencing the consequences of climate change brought on by the richer country’s “irresponsible development.”
“Our carbon footprint is the lowest in the world,” said Mr. Iqbal.
Pakistan Flood: The World is Responsible?
“The international community has a responsibility to help us upgrade our infrastructure, to make our infrastructure more climate resilient, so that we don’t have such losses every three, four, five years.”
Although the Pakistan flood exhibits all the symptoms of a calamity caused by climate change, scientists say it is still too early to place official blame for it.
The calculations comparing what happened in Pakistan to what might happen in a world without global warming have not yet been finished.
In a few weeks, the study’s findings, will formally determine how much, if at all, climate change is a factor.
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