Disappointment Over Lack of Action in 2011 Needs to Be replaced with Hope of Action in 2012
Pakistan is one of the countries that contributes least to global climate change but, nevertheless, it has played a leading role in trying to formulate global consensus on cooperating to address it .Also, the country is cognizant of its development priorities and is actively seeking both financial and technological suppor, to place its undeniable future growth on to a low carbon trajectory.
Global deforestation and degradation accelerated climate change and to counter this, initiatives such as Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) was important as an alleviation response. The United Nation Framework Convention of Climate Change (UNFCC) was adopted in 1992 and Pakistan was one of its signatory along with 194 other nations.
The study, by researchers at the University of California, Merced, concluded that rising temperatures associated with climate change could result in many more severe forest fires in the coming decades. Professor Anthony Westerling and his team found that by 2050, forest fires “would likely cause a major shift in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem” and “affect the region's wildlife, hydrology, carbon storage and aesthetics.”
It is apparent that there is still much to be discussed on both the international and local community level on climatic and environmental issues. From manmade and natural disasters to global environmental policies, people world wide are made aware of environmental concerns. But the efforts being made to resolve or at the least improve them rarely make it to the headlines. Today, environmental awareness is widespread. Sensible persons are learning more about global climate change and their culpability in this degradation and are making changes in their everyday lives, but until concerned authorities take the necessary proper steps, these efforts will not be enough.
We are beginning a new year, and the silence in countries, all over the world by concerned authorities is still deafening. Will there ever be a debate about what should be done to deal with climate change?
2012, The Year of the Dragon is a lot of things. It is the UN Year of Sustainable Energy for All. The year Nostradamus predicts the world will end, again. It could also prove to be a crunch year for climate change action.
Global deforestation and degradation accelerated climate change and to counter this, initiatives such as Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) was important as an alleviation response. The United Nation Framework Convention of Climate Change (UNFCC) was adopted in 1992 and Pakistan was one of its signatory along with 194 other nations.The study, by researchers at the University of California, Merced, concluded that rising temperatures associated with climate change could result in many more severe forest fires in the coming decades. Professor Anthony Westerling and his team found that by 2050, forest fires “would likely cause a major shift in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem” and “affect the region's wildlife, hydrology, carbon storage and aesthetics.”
It is apparent that there is still much to be discussed on both the international and local community level on climatic and environmental issues. From manmade and natural disasters to global environmental policies, people world wide are made aware of environmental concerns. But the efforts being made to resolve or at the least improve them rarely make it to the headlines. Today, environmental awareness is widespread. Sensible persons are learning more about global climate change and their culpability in this degradation and are making changes in their everyday lives, but until concerned authorities take the necessary proper steps, these efforts will not be enough.
We are beginning a new year, and the silence in countries, all over the world by concerned authorities is still deafening. Will there ever be a debate about what should be done to deal with climate change?2012, The Year of the Dragon is a lot of things. It is the UN Year of Sustainable Energy for All. The year Nostradamus predicts the world will end, again. It could also prove to be a crunch year for climate change action.
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