2. Definition
• Climate change refers to any
significant change in the measures
of climate lasting for an extended period of
time. In other words, climate change includes
major changes in temperature, precipitation,
or wind patterns, among other effects, that
occur over several decades or longer.
3. • Climate change is expected to cause wide
reaching effects on Pakistan.
• recurrent spells of extreme weather events such
as floods, droughts, glacial lake outbursts,
cyclones, and heat waves have taken a heavy toll
on both life and property and adversely affected
the country’s economic growth.
• Pakistan makes a tiny contribution to total global
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, less than 1%
(among the lowest in the world)