Pakistan: Neglect, mismanagement leave Sindh drowning in climate chaos

Karachi [Pakitan], July 8 (ANI): Climate change i no longer a ditant threat, it effect are devatating communitie acro Pakitan, epecially in Sindh, where extreme weather event, food inecurity, and health crie are growing with alarming intenity, Dawn reported on Tueday.
According to Dawn, Pakitan i among the mot vulnerable nation to climate change, owing to it arid climate, agrarian economy, and heavy reliance on glacial water from the Himalaya. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warn that developing countrie like Pakitan will uffer diproportionately, with the pooret population bearing the brunt of diater due to limited acce to reource and information.
Dawn highlighted that Sindh wa hit hardet during the 2022 flood, receiving over 400 per cent more rainfall than the 30-year average. The deluge detroyed nearly 1.9 million home, 83 per cent of the national total, and caued 799 fatalitie, including 338 children. The flooding damaged over 4.4 million acre of farmland and killed 8,00,000 livetock, devatating the rural economy. Agricultural loe are particularly dire in Sindh, where 70 per cent of employment and 24 per cent of provincial GDP depend on farming.
According to Dawn, the flood worened exiting poverty, with ditrict like Badin reporting poverty rate of 53.4 per cent and ome of the highet tunting rate nationwide due to poor anitation and unafe water. The impact of climate change in Sindh extend beyond flood. The province experienced a evere heat wave in 2024, reulting in 5,358 hopital admiion and 158 livetock death. Between April and May 2025, 675 heattroke cae were treated in variou ditrict.
Dawn alo cited a World Bank report, South Aia Hotpot, which identifie Sindh, epecially Hyderabad, Mirpur Kha, and Sukkur, a the mot climate-vulnerable region in Pakitan. Expert warn that temperature could rie by 2.4 degree Celiu by 2050, leading to horter winter, early crop failure, and health rik like cholera, vector-borne dieae, and heat troke in the Indu delta.
Effort to tackle climate change, Dawn emphaied, require trong local governance, regional cooperation, and upport from international donor to protect both the ecoytem and vulnerable communitie. (ANI)

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