In 2022, Pakistan endured devastating droughts and floods that destroyed assets, lives, and livelihoods on a massive scale. First, a severe heatwave, previously a 1-in-1000-year event, saw temperatures continuously above 45°C, resulting in crop losses, power outages, and forest fires. Then came the unprecedented monsoon rains, the heaviest and most concentrated ever recorded. Across the south, hundreds of lives were lost, millions were displaced...
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2022/11/01
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2023/02/01
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Pakistan - Country Climate and Development Report : Executive Summary
Citation
World Bank Group.
Pakistan - Country Climate and Development Report : Executive Summary (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099950011072234010