Voice of climate-by Naseem Sheikh

In easy words, “the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).” This accounting approach compares how much people demand compared to what the planet can renew. The main influences on carbon footprints include population, economic output, and energy and carbon intensity of the economy. In most cases, the total carbon footprint cannot be exactly calculated because of inadequate knowledge of and data about the complex interactions between contributing processes, including the influence of natural processes that store or release carbon dioxide. For this reason, Wright, Kemp, and Williams, have suggested to define the carbon footprint as: “A measure of the total amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions of a defined population, system or activity, considering all relevant sources, sinks and storage within the spatial and temporal boundary of the populatio...

Air pollution is a mixture of solid particles and gases in the air released both by natural and anthropogenic sources. Natural sources includes volcano eruption, soil erosion, wildfire, pollen and mold spores and volatile organic particles evaporation of mountain and sea salts due to high temperature. Anthropogenic sources includes traffic vehicle emissions, chemicals from factories, fumes of volatile organic compounds from hair spray, varnish, air freshener, body spray and other solvents, chemicals from fertilizers,controlled burn particles from agriculture and forests, hazardous waste gases from incineration and military weapon utilization. It may cause diseases, allergies and even death to humans; it may also cause harm to other wildlife and food crops, and may damage the natural or built environment.Some air pollutants are poisonous. Inhaling them can increase the chance of ill health problems. People with heart or lung disease, aged adults and children are at higher risk from a...

The climate of a region or country is known through the typical weather over a protracted amount of time. If a vicinity has a lot of dry days throughout the year than wet days, it'd be delineate as a dry climate; an area that has additional cold days than hot days would build it far-famed to own a chilly climate. Pakistan has four seasons: a cool, dry winter from December through February; a hot, dry spring from March through May; the summer season, or southwest monsoon amount, from June through September; and also the withdrawing monsoon amount of October and November. The weather extremes in Islamic Republic of Pakistan embody high and low temperatures, heaviest precipitation and flooding. the best temperature ever recorded in Islamic Republic of Pakistan is fifty three.5 °C(128.3 °F) that was recorded in Mohenjo-daro, Sindh on twenty six might 2010. Disaster state global climate change is probably going to increase climate-related natural disasters with the ...

Water may be a immense issue and clearly deserves monumental attention. Not solely is there a risk of decline in water provides however there’s additionally a probable increase in demand. Like all resources, we've to manage offer and demand. meaning protective and managing water sources, managing demand and creating gains in potency. In Islamic Republic of Pakistan there's a larger decision to make massive dams to deal with water inadequacy and generate electricity. The matter with dams used for power generation is that in most cases they just displace water inadequacy from one place to a different. As a result of water inadequacy is such a vital issue, any construction should be preceded by a comprehensive impact assessment. additionally, Islamic Republic of Pakistan also can inspect alternative solutions – like star and wind. Pakistan’s across the country Determined Contribution (NDC) document submitted to UNFCCC, as a part o...

The environmental field has experienced a major transition in the past 20 years. Climatic changes are actually happening and Earth is heating up, the glaciers melting and water is being consumed by the growing population. The changing climate leads to changes in the frequency and timing of extreme weather and climate events, and can result in unprecedented extreme weather and climate events. Erik Solheim is the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) since May 13, 2016. He has an extensive career focusing on environment and development in government and international organisations. In his first interview with The News on Sunday, Erik seemed hopeful to work with current government and further the conservation agenda in Pakistan. Regarding the environmental issues that Pakistan is grappling with, Erik Solheim stood clear that all these environmental threats are man-made and that they can be solved by humans themselves.   Pakistan ...

Carbon is one of the most abundant chemical elements on Earth. It is universally abundant and essential component present in atmosphere, ocean and  human body. It is also part of carbon mono oxide and  carbon dioxide (a gas that comes from both natural and anthropogenic sources). Excess amounts of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere is connected to climate change.It must be absorbed other wise it becomes a great risk for environment. Forests and other terrestrial plants are good carbon absorbers but aquatic plants are greater and more efficient carbon sequesters than these terretrial sources. Carbon sequestered by way of aquatic plant, coastal sediments and coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests, sea grass meadows or inter tidal salt marshes is called blue carbon. These blue sequester components protect people from coastal erosion, storms and flooding; also making them valuable for climate change adaptation and provide nursery grounds for fish...

  Weather of Pakistan  is expecting another good spell of monsoon rain after very hot, humid and sweaty period. PMD (Pakistan Meteorological Department ) has informed that the “second spell of monsoon rains is expected in coming 24 hours, travelling through the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, has made its way into the north-eastern parts of the country.” Rainfall is expected to match the long-term average to slightly more in northern half of Pakistan. Good rainfall spell are expected during the 2nd and 3rd decade of the month, which may cause urban flooding and flash floods in some parts of the country. According to the spokesperson of meteorological department, the monsoon with gusty winds and thunder splash will lash isolated places in Malakand, Hazara, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Lahore divisions, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Kashmir regions from 13th to 15th July. “Seasonal Low lies over North Baluchistan on 14th and 15th July with its trough extending sou...

Now a days various messages on social media warns Pakistani nation to avoid chicken consumption, because its source of Nipah virus, In Pakistan production of poultry products is very high to fulfill the consumption requirements. For Layman it is confusing and  debatable either chicken is source of Nipah virus or not, mostly said no its fake news, chicken is safe its not the cause of spread, other said avoid the chicken consumption because, prevention is better than cure. Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both humans and animals. "Zoonosis means a disease that can be transmitted to humans from animals". Nipah virus was first identified in Kampung Sungai Nipah, Malaysia in 1998. The pigs were the intermediate hosts during that outbreak. Around 1.1 million pigs had to be killed to control the outbreak. However, it is not necessary to have an intermediate host during Nipah Virus outbreak. The natural host of ...

The Lahore city and its surroundings continued to experience intermittent  heavy rain , which turned the weather pleasant after a months-long spell of heat .A total 252 millimeters of rain has been recorded in the city in the last 24 hours. However, the rain is still continuing to lash Lahore among other cities across Punjab. Pakistan heavy monsoon rain fall broke 38 years record and hopefully help in compensate the severe water shortage, lower mercury level and dry conditions. The country was facing worst water crisis since there have been no ‘good’ showers in the last five months along with two to three degree higher than normal temperatures. Mercury level at Lahore was first time hit to 50C . because of that dry  weather spell, dams around Islamabad were in critical situation. Therefore, the monsoon rains are being considered as a way out for addressing the current water scarcity situation. On Thursday, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said this ...

“Oops! I am not smoker but I am smoking cigarette in public. A deeper understanding of how the loss of our already not-so-clean air will impact  on our health is, just like cigarette smoking, a matter of life and death. Many research work is going on, on intersection of climatic change, air pollution and human health. it is now well understood that short term and long term exposure to airborne particles, including smoke and dust pose major health risks. In human its impact may start from minor irritation in throat to severe cough, respiratory disorder, reduced line of sight,  hypertension, different types of allergies and other cardiovascular problems resulted in hospital admission and even in children is to premature death. Every year, more than 12 million people die from the hidden risks in our environment, carried by the air we breathe, the water we drink, or unseen chemicals to which we are too often exposed. Usually normal people on average cannot r...