This happens to be the longest monsoon spell in almost a decade in a region normally having mild to hot summers
KARACHI: Karachi city is once again flooded with rainwater. Undoubtedly this happens to be the longest monsoon spell in almost a decade in a region normally having mild to hot summers. Rainfall might certainly help water a better agricultural produce, however, given the current monsoonal pattern during the current year it does not take rocket science to understand that it points to the disastrous climate change occurring across the globe.
With hurricanes, flooding and heavy rainfall, in Texas, China, Macau, India, natural calamities are not only wreaking havoc on human life but will also lead to food shortages, mosquito-borne diseases and epidemics and consequently economic problems.
More saddening than the destruction of the everyday life in most of the suburbs is the global disinterest of governments towards the climate threat. To win over the other, countries are furiously diverting their resources towards military and industrial development, generating tonnes of carbon emission with least accountability. In fact, with rising figures of expenditure on natural disasters, spending on humanitarian aid following a calamity is likely to outweigh the monetary benefits of economic activities.
Minahil Abbas
Published in The Express Tribune, September 1st, 2017.
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