ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION IN SINDH AND THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE FOR ITS SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATIONS AMID CLIMATE CRISIS

Abstract

The impacts of climate change are obvious in the present times as it has been devastating the most of the regions all around the world whether in terms of heat waves, forest fires, change in weather patterns, severe rainfalls, deadly draughts etc. Through this research paper, the focus will be on explaining environmental issues of the province Sindh of Pakistan in regards to going global climate change considerations as it has been proved lethal to Sindh. Firstly, it identifies and evaluates the reasons for environmental degradation, and, secondly, it also explains the repercussions of disaster in the region, as climate change and other impacts and stimuli for internal displacement, heat waves, and water shortages. The paper also has an objective to try to catch the basic understanding of the climate change legislation on national and International level with prospect of how Pakistan is working under the hood of the UNFCCC- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The paper also tries to analyze the availability of legislations whether these legislations are sufficient to safeguard people from the havoc caused by climate change or if there is still need for the legislations to deal with the environment problem so far as Sindh’s climatically vulnerable population is concerned, noting though there are policies and laws to ensure Sindh as the victim of climate change but it is yet to see that how much Sindh government and other related stakeholders are committed to understand and implement whole change.