MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Nooruddin watched helplessly as his flock of 100 sheep began to die from hunger and thirst on the dry drought-ravaged hillsides of Balkh province.
Experts warn the situation will only get worse, with Afghanistan one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, even though it produces just 0.1 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions."I’ve seen droughts before, but never as severe," said livestock trader Mirza, who like many residents only uses one name.
"We had a drought 12 years ago," recalled 68-year-old Aynoddin, another karakul sheep farmer, "but last year’s was the worst". The agency noted droughts could soon be considered the norm, unleashing further desertification and loss of arable land. The Global Adaptation Initiative, run by the University of Notre Dame in the US, currently ranks Afghanistan 173 out of the 181 countries it scored in terms of a nation’s vulnerability to climate change and its ability to adapt.
پاکستان تازہ ترین خبریں, پاکستان عنوانات
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