September 14, 2014
By Shahzad Anwar
The Climate Change Division (click here) is being run on an ad-hoc basis since last month as most senior positions are being additionally held by officers with low-experience.
The secretary of the division retired recently and the Establishment Division has yet to decide on his replacement. Currently, a director general-level officer is looking after day to day affairs of the CCD. However, the officials at the division denied that any of their functions were adversely affected due to the vacancy at the top, and they believe the crunch is likely to be resolved by next month.
When the division’s water and sanitation director, Sana Hussain, retired, she was replaced by someone with an assistant director in the Data Base Management wing. The position oversees several projects related to water, sanitation, hygiene, and requires someone with a background in environment science is best suited for it....
Countries like Pakistan are overwhelmed when there is a climate event, ie: recent years flooding. They have a population that does not understand it and a government that has no clue as to how to respond.
Adding meteorologists in Pakistan is not enough. Pakistan needs to have political speech that includes the concern for the average citizen facing drastic and dangerous realities when it comes to climate. The people of Pakistan have no concept to what is causing their problems and cannot act to prevent them or the danger that enters their lives.
Adding meteorologists in Pakistan is not enough. Pakistan needs to have political speech that includes the concern for the average citizen facing drastic and dangerous realities when it comes to climate. The people of Pakistan have no concept to what is causing their problems and cannot act to prevent them or the danger that enters their lives.
The people of these regions of the world are just as intelligent as the people of the USA. Their political leaders will understand how to transcend local culture, speech and jargon to bring about the understanding of the danger. There is nothing wrong with citizens holding their government leaders responsible for their dire circumstances when rain and cold are found to be a killer. When the people demand a safe homestead they will be better served, but, when they simply assign these horrible outcomes to a higher power the danger continues unabated.
There are measures every government can take to prevent what occurred in Kashmir. I am confident there is a television somewhere in the area, a phone or a radio that can receive information regarding climate and how people are in danger. This is ridiculous. Country leadership is allowing their people to die. The USA is responsible for at least 25% of the carbon now in our atmosphere it is time to own up to it and provide measures of protections for these populations.
