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Climate Change Impact on Water Availability in Pakistan Dr. Muhammad Zia ur Rahman Hashmi (GCISC) Climate Change and Pakistan 2010 Super Flood Heat wave in Karachi Drought in Thar 7 th most climate affected country 2 Future


  1. Climate Change Impact on Water Availability in Pakistan Dr. Muhammad Zia ur Rahman Hashmi (GCISC)

  2. Climate Change and Pakistan  2010 Super Flood  Heat wave in Karachi  Drought in Thar 7 th most climate affected country 2

  3. Future Climate Projections over Pakistan

  4. Projected Changes in Average Temperature of Northern and Southern Pakistan

  5. Glaciers of the Upper Indus Basin (Pakistan) Upper Indus Basin (UIB) region 6

  6. Analysis of the Observed Flows of Indus River at Besham Qila GLOF Events in the UIB 7

  7. Hydrological response: Gilgit Basin vs Kabul Basin) Gilgit Kabul 8

  8. Snow rich basin (Kabul) Glacier rich basin (Gilgit) 9

  9. Increased flooding in Kabul River High to Very High Flood 10

  10. Pakistan’s Water Sector Adaptation Actions • Trans-boundary joint watershed management • Declaring glaciated areas as ‘protected areas’ • Strengthening the present hydrological network on urgent basis • Enhancing national research capacities • Adding to country’s current storage capacity (new dams and groundwater recharge) 11

  11. Thank you ziahashmi77@gmail.com 12

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