Climate Change | MCQs

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Highest Temperature in Pakistan

Happened: 28 May 2017

Location: Turbat, Balochistan

Gauge: 53.5°C

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The International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan, co-hosted by the Government of Pakistan and the United Nations, took place on 9 January 2023.

At Geneva international conference on climate-resilient, Pakistan was held.

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The International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC)

Washington, DC, (2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019);

New York City, (2008, 2009)

Chicago, (2010, 2012)

Germany (2008, 2011)

Australia, (2010)

Las Vegas, (2014, 2021)

ND7-5-2023

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 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is due to arrive in Paris to represent Pakistan at the 21st UN Climate Change Conference (COP21)

They are being held in the French capital from November 30 to December 11

To reach a new global deal to tackle climate change by cutting greenhouse emissions.

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Extreme climatic conditions are threatening the food security in South Asia with escalated floods and droughts making India and Pakistan the most vulnerable to climate change

This report was published by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2022.

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In Pakistan, Hyderabad is likely to be the hottest city by 2100 with the highest average temperature reaching 29.9°C to 32°C followed by Jacobabad, Bahawalnagar, and Bahawalpur cities, warn two UN reports released on October 26, 2022.

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• The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) announced on 10 October 2022 that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be the vice-chairperson for the event.

• President of Egypt, Prime Minister of Norway & Prime Minister of Pakistan will jointly chair COP27 from November 6 to November 18, 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt.

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First ever National Climate Change Gender Action Plan was launched in Islamabad on 20 July 2022.

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According to United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP), Pakistan will have the highest losses as a percentage of GDP at 9.1 percent.