Imapact of Global warming in Sindh

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Imapact of Global warming in sindh.

Sher Ali

Climate change (Global warming) is a debatable but undeniable fact it is unveiling its catastrophic impact on people particularly those who are poor and

Venerable over the years the increased frequencies of disasters is truly a viewed manifestation of changing weather pattern around the globe

Pakistan a developing country of south Asia is highly venerable to climate change the impact of changing weather patterns is more problematic for Rural population in compression with people living in urban areas rural population is confronting some un avoidable consequences of climate change in the form of Floods, Damage Rain

disease extreme temperature un expected high volume of rainfalls all leading to the destruction of lively hoods and affecting the lives of peoples associated with it the extent of damage is un measurable the type and nature of venerability has not been understood the  venerability dimension on men and women has not been explode a field base research is conducted in four disaster prawn districts of Sindh province the lives of the rural population were not difficult 30 years ago even without good recourses they felt satisfied life

rain is always been considered as blessings of creator rural populations experienced noticeable changes in rainfall pattern over the last 20 years in some parts there is un timely abandons of rain fall and in some places people crave a single for a single drop of rain unlike the old times rain is not a source of happiness it is rather a source of fear.

Global warming is causing sea level rise in many parts of the world coastal communities of Sindh have experienced this phenomena in the past as well but in recent years the base of land claimed by sea is much faster than it was 30 years ago and as the result people have lost there lively hood resources there is no land for cultivation the only adaptation strategy coastal community has is to push there self-further back away from sea

Sindh witnessed massive floods in 2010 and 2011, and severe drought in Thar Desert, Achhro Thar, Nara Desert, Kachho region, and Kohistan since 2013. The 2010 floods alone caused an estimated USD 9.7 billion in damage, twice that of the massive 2005 earthquake in the Kashmir region.

The erratic rain pattern indicates that in Sindh there is decline of rainfall whereas there is an in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces

Thar Desert near the Indian border is suffering water scarcity for more than a decade. In the past few years locals are struggling to find drinking water.

A Recent Report by Germanwatch listed Pakistan as 7^th in the countries most affected by climate change from 1997 to 2016 recently. Within Pakistan, though, the province of Sindh is the worst affected by extreme weather events that are the classic manifestations of climate change.

  Practical work conducted under supervision of Sir Sohail Sangi 

Department of Media &Communication Studies, University of Sindh