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COUNTERING CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS A REVIEW OF PAKISTAN NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2024(IX-II).06      10.31703/gsssr.2024(IX-II).06      Published : Jun 2024

Countering Climate Change and Emergency Preparedness: A Review of Pakistan National Climate Change Policy

Abstract

    Climate Change is said to have posed itself as an existential threat to life on the planet Earth. It has been reported that during the last 200 years, the impact of human activity has become so immense that now credible scientific research and sources are consternating the conscience of humanity at a rigorous rate to call for joint platforms for action irrespective of regions and geolocations. Pakistan is pigeonholed among the top ten countries that are surmised to be affected if appropriate measures are failed or delayed on behalf of the government. The aim of the paper is to review the emergency preparedness of the Government's existing public policy on climate change. Among other sub- aims, authors were inclined to hash out the policy covers provided to improving institutional capacity regarding any likely emergencies as well as possible lags that may run devastative in failing to resist any potential natural calamity.

    Climate Change, Pakistan, National Climate Change Policy, Disaster, Emergency Preparedness

    (1) Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry
    Associate Professor & Chairman, Department of Anthropology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Mian Haris Farooq
    PhD Scholar, Department of International Relations, Muslim Youth University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Raziq Hussain
    Head of Department (HOD), Department of International Relations, Muslim Youth University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Cite this article

APA

    APA : Chaudhry, A. G., Farooq, M. H., & Hussain, R. (2024). Countering Climate Change and Emergency Preparedness: A Review of Pakistan National Climate Change Policy. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, IX(II), 68-75. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2024(IX-II).06

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Chaudhry, Abid Ghafoor, Mian Haris Farooq, and Raziq Hussain. 2024. "Countering Climate Change and Emergency Preparedness: A Review of Pakistan National Climate Change Policy." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, IX (II): 68-75 doi: 10.31703/gsssr.2024(IX-II).06

HARVARD

    HARVARD : CHAUDHRY, A. G., FAROOQ, M. H. & HUSSAIN, R. 2024. Countering Climate Change and Emergency Preparedness: A Review of Pakistan National Climate Change Policy. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, IX, 68-75.

MHRA

    MHRA : Chaudhry, Abid Ghafoor, Mian Haris Farooq, and Raziq Hussain. 2024. "Countering Climate Change and Emergency Preparedness: A Review of Pakistan National Climate Change Policy." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, IX: 68-75

MLA

    MLA : Chaudhry, Abid Ghafoor, Mian Haris Farooq, and Raziq Hussain. "Countering Climate Change and Emergency Preparedness: A Review of Pakistan National Climate Change Policy." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, IX.II (2024): 68-75 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Chaudhry, Abid Ghafoor, Farooq, Mian Haris, and Hussain, Raziq (2024), "Countering Climate Change and Emergency Preparedness: A Review of Pakistan National Climate Change Policy", Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, IX (II), 68-75

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Chaudhry, Abid Ghafoor, Mian Haris Farooq, and Raziq Hussain. "Countering Climate Change and Emergency Preparedness: A Review of Pakistan National Climate Change Policy." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review IX, no. II (2024): 68-75. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2024(IX-II).06