Climate Change as Socioeconomic Threat: International Perspectives
CASS Working Papers on Environmental Security, 2020
18 Pages Posted: 24 Mar 2020
Date Written: February 26, 2020
Abstract
This paper seeks to explore the impacts and perception of climate change nationally and internationally. The multidimensional nature and security implications of climate change are discussed, with a focus in impact reduction and the need for mitigation and adaptation. Pakistan has recurrently appeared in climate vulnerability lists and currently stands fifth in the long-term climate risk index. Regardless, the country’s share of carbon emissions at its current trajectory are set to increase four-fold by 2030, thus showing the need for implementation of both mitigation and adaptation strategies, particularly in terms of its effects on various socioeconomic strata.
Keywords: climate change, carbon emission, economic development, poverty, sustainability
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