Thread by @SyedMAbubakar

The current #ColdWave spell in #Pakistan isn't normal!

Dr Ghulam Rasool, Regional Prog. Manager @icimod, M. Riaz, DG @pmdgov and @atsheikh blame #ClimateChange & #Smog for the prolonged #ColdWave spell in #Pakistan.

My latest for @TheNewsonSunday

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@icimod @pmdgov @atsheikh @TheNewsonSunday @Ajazaly @deb_comms @MaximShrestha @julienmh @UNDP_Pakistan @hnaqikhan @tahirrasheed92 @SamanIqbal3 @MattSwaine @viewmagazine Muhammad Riaz DG @pmdgov "The impacts of climate change are evident in the current cold wave episode. (&) Smog led to the formation of N02 (which) was converted to ozone (O3), (blocking) the solar radiation, due to which the day temperature was very close to night temperature.”

@icimod @pmdgov @atsheikh @TheNewsonSunday @Ajazaly @deb_comms @MaximShrestha @julienmh @UNDP_Pakistan @hnaqikhan @tahirrasheed92 @SamanIqbal3 @MattSwaine @viewmagazine Dr Ghulam Rasul, Regional Prog. Manager @icimod, “For past few decades, the monsoon season has been starting early or late. The last 2 decades happened to be the warmest stretch & climate variability & change highly affected winter and summer weather patterns.”

@icimod @pmdgov @atsheikh @TheNewsonSunday @Ajazaly @deb_comms @MaximShrestha @julienmh @UNDP_Pakistan @hnaqikhan @tahirrasheed92 @SamanIqbal3 @MattSwaine @viewmagazine @atsheikh says, “The (temperature) dip to this level occurred after several decades. It is reflective of #ClimateChange as the cold days are also increasing in many parts of the world as are the hot days. Basic infrastructure to cope with extreme cold is absent in our country”

@icimod @pmdgov @atsheikh @TheNewsonSunday @Ajazaly @deb_comms @MaximShrestha @julienmh @UNDP_Pakistan @hnaqikhan @tahirrasheed92 @SamanIqbal3 @MattSwaine @viewmagazine @atsheikh suggests, “Strengthening the capacity of institutions to deal with #extremeweatherevents such as snowfall, rapid & deep decrease in temperature, & running municipal services that can clean roads & provide emergency services to avoid fatalities as in AJK.”
#climateaction

@icimod @pmdgov @atsheikh @TheNewsonSunday @Ajazaly @deb_comms @MaximShrestha @julienmh @UNDP_Pakistan @hnaqikhan @tahirrasheed92 @SamanIqbal3 @MattSwaine @viewmagazine Dr. Ghulam Rasool @icimod says, "2019 was also the second warmest year after 2016 in 150 years of recorded history, which accelerated the melting in the #Arctic Ocean. Increase in #emissions is affecting the general circulation of the atmosphere and hence the weather patterns."

@icimod @pmdgov @atsheikh @TheNewsonSunday @Ajazaly @deb_comms @MaximShrestha @julienmh @UNDP_Pakistan @hnaqikhan @tahirrasheed92 @SamanIqbal3 @MattSwaine @viewmagazine Science has confirmed that #ClimateChange is affecting lives and livelihoods in Pakistan. The government should devise inclusive policies to protect the poorest of the poor, and through state-of-the-art early warning systems predict such #ExtremeWeather events.

@icimod @pmdgov @atsheikh @TheNewsonSunday @Ajazaly @deb_comms @MaximShrestha @julienmh @UNDP_Pakistan @hnaqikhan @tahirrasheed92 @SamanIqbal3 @MattSwaine @viewmagazine I was able to find answers for my story at the annual meeting of Upper Indus Basin Network–Pakistan Chapter, managed by @icimod. The network comprises amazing environmental experts from the govt, civil society and academia to protect the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region #ClimateChange