Known and Unknown Environmental Impacts Related to Climate Changes in Pakistan: An Under-Recognized Risk to Local Communities

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16(14), С. 6108 - 6108

Опубликована: Июль 17, 2024

This study prioritized initiatives within the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), foreign funding, and associated environmental national issues. Additionally, it analyzed these factors’ effects on improving infrastructure, commerce, economic cooperation between China Pakistan. Besides that, also studies current climatic, economic, political challenges, mainly focused water agriculture Climate, issues affect environment. These concerns deserve global attention. Pakistan relies agriculture, its scarcity predisposes to losses, urbanization, many socioeconomic problems. Climate change flood have devastated sector. Water affects too significantly impacts economy food resources. The nation has not previously experienced such a profoundly distressing epoch. faced several environmental, challenges; specifically, fields of present notable apprehensions. Unfavorable climatic conditions impede attainment sustainable in Considering strong reliance resources, is crucial acknowledge that industrialization resulted substantial contamination due presence microplastics heavy metals. Moreover, South Asian region experiences significant CPEC solution for financial issues, but big challenge degradation stage, especially since funding key increasing corruption bringing more burden economy. Unfortunately, good To ensure safety, security, sustainability, projects should follow regulations. provides new list initiative priority tasks openly disrupt initiative, serve whole project, give appropriate recommendations future research policy-making.

Язык: Английский

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Prospecting the engineered environmental carbon sinks and ensuring long-term sustainability of karst areas impacted by heavy metal

Sustainable Horizons, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 14, С. 100126 - 100126

Опубликована: Янв. 9, 2025

Язык: Английский

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GHG emissions estimation and assessment of Pakistan's power sector: A roadmap towards low carbon future

Results in Engineering, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 22, С. 102354 - 102354

Опубликована: Июнь 1, 2024

Growing population, burgeoning economic growth and technological advancements have caused a surge in electricity demand worldwide. In recent years, Pakistan, contributing less than 1% to global greenhouse gas emissions, has endured severe weather, including the 2022 floods that affected nearly 30 million people. Pakistan is developing country signatory of Paris accord made an international commitment cut down its GHG emissions. To date, total generation about 122,934 GWh, from which 60.9% (744,862 GWh) met by thermal sources (coal, oil gas), 23.7% (29,181 hydel, 12.4% (15,182 nuclear 3% (3709 done through renewable energy sources. The for rising exponentially, around fulfilled hydrocarbons. This study introduces novel approach assessing sector's emissions using CO2, CH4, N2O, expanding beyond traditional focus on CO2 alone. work uses time-varying carbon intensity calculate and, subsequently, fossil fuel-driven electrical systems. One notable aspect this capability with more frequent temporal resolution, frequently. peak are observed January December at values 650gCO2-eq/kWh 550gCO2-eq/kWh respectively, causing smog issues country. Results show during January, February, October, November relatively higher due unavailability hydel resources.

Язык: Английский

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Sustainability and adaptation dynamics in Global Food Security: A Bayesian Belief Network approach

Journal of Cleaner Production, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 467, С. 142931 - 142931

Опубликована: Июнь 18, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Extreme Weather Events and their Socioeconomic Impacts: A Remote Sensing-Based Analysis of Flood Damages

Global and earth surface processes change., Год журнала: 2024, Номер 1, С. 100001 - 100001

Опубликована: Июнь 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Spatiotemporal pattern of climatic water balance over Balochistan, Pakistan for the period 1961–2016

Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 156(2)

Опубликована: Янв. 15, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Overview of emerging electronics technologies for artificial intelligence: A review

Materials Today Electronics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 100136 - 100136

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Climate change during the Holocene in South Asia: A review study of Pakistan

Quaternary Science Reviews, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 352, С. 109203 - 109203

Опубликована: Янв. 25, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Assessing Above-Ground Biomass Dynamics and Carbon Sequestration Potential Using Machine Learning and Spaceborne LiDAR in Hilly Conifer Forests of Mansehra District, Pakistan

Forests, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 16(2), С. 330 - 330

Опубликована: Фев. 13, 2025

Consistent and accurate data on forest biomass carbon dynamics are essential for optimizing sequestration, advancing sustainable management, developing natural climate solutions in various ecosystems. This study quantifies the designated forests based GEDI LiDAR datasets with a unique compartment-level monitoring of unexplored hilly areas Mansehra. The integration multisource explanatory variables, employing machine learning models, adds further innovation to reliable above ground (AGB) estimation. Integrating Landsat-9 vegetation indices ancillary improved estimation, random algorithm yielding best performance (R2 = 0.86, RMSE 28.03 Mg/ha, MAE 19.54 Mg/ha). Validation field point-to-point basis estimated mean above-ground 224.61 closely aligning measurement 208.13 Mg/ha 0.71). overall AGB model 189.42 moist temperate area. A critical deficit sequestration potential was analysed, 2022, at 19.94 thousand tons, 0.83 tons nullify CO2 emissions (20.77 tons). proposes estimation reliability offers insights into potential, suggesting policy shift decision-making change mitigation policies.

Язык: Английский

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Molecular mechanisms and breeding strategies for enhancing wheat resilience to environmental stresses: The role of heat shock proteins and implications for food security

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 142468 - 142468

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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