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Hafeez, Mohsin; Rana, Abdul Wajid; and Ringler, Claudia. Climate action. The News. First published on September 19, 2022.
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It will come as no surprise to much of Pakistan’s population that their country ranks among the lowest for disaster risk management for water security in Asia, according to the Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO). Following the extreme heatwave of May – the city of Jacobabad hit 51 degrees C on May 14 – Pakistanis are now experiencing the most extreme flooding of their lifetime. These were two systemic, interlinked extreme events, with the hotter air earlier in the year holding more moisture and melting glaciers foreshadowing the floods.
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Abdul Wajid Rana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6729-1071
Claudia Ringler https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8266-0488