Public Awareness Campaign On

Climate Change Adaptation in Nawabshah

District

Report by

Nisar A. Brohi

Climate Change Adaptation Campaign in District Nawabshah

Global warming is one of the major burgeoning threats to human
family, which has almost changed the entire climate of the world,
posing very serious threats not only to the eco system and also other
living organism on the world planet. The global warming would be an
indefatigable challenge for the coming generation, if its current
growing trend is not arrested, it would have irreparable losses not only
on the wildlife losses but also a disaster for the human population.
Sangat team has organised a number of consultative meetings in
various rural villages and schools in order to awareness the local
community on climate change factors and possible ways to cope with
it, with a view to grapple with growing chronic diseases mostly born
out of warm weather and environmental degradation.

Sangat Development Foundation (SDF) team discussed with the local

community that around 262 million people were affected annually from
climate disaster between 2000 to 2004. Due to unpredicted
weather/climatic changes, there are many possibilities of unexpected
drought cycles and rain with storms frequent and prolonged in the
world.

Pakistan is also experiencing the effects of climate change; the wildlife

and many other indigenous species are at risk. However, there is badly

Climate Change Adaptation Campaign in District Nawabshah

need of time to have pro environmental friendly policy, to be executed
at the grass root level, in order to protect and promote climate
sustainability.

Nawabshah district has badly suffered due to an unexpected climatic

changes occurred since last couple of years in the district. These
environmental and climatic change developments have entire changed
the climate of the district, resulting into disruption of social landscape
of the areas. The district temperature approximately remains above
50C from April to August. It is also one of the coldest districts of
Pakistan only in winter season.

Due to unexpected rapid climatic changes in the district have also

disturbed its socio-economic landscape since many years. Due to long
spell of warm and hot climate in the district, the local community
especially vulnerable social groups women and children have
developed chronic diseases.

The warm weather and climate changes in the district not merely
affected the human population but also reduced agriculture
productivity at the large scale.

Climate Change Adaptation Campaign in District Nawabshah

However, there is direly need of public awareness campaign and
capacity building of the local communities on meeting the challenges
of the climate change and its possible impacts on the human family
and also other wildlife in the district.

Children are the world's most valuable

resource and its best hope for the future

Climate Change Adaptation Campaign in District Nawabshah