A looming catastrophe

The Climate Emergency: neither respects a maritime border nor a landlocked; neither a tangible barrier nor an intangible; neither a nation nor a creed; rather hits equally likely and unequally unlikely. No matter one lives in a developed or undeveloped region, anytime soon or later, its fallouts would be taking over the lands. By the end of the century, the results would be catastrophic. Three degree rise in global temperature is likely to be felt unless some drastic measures are taken to cease burning fossil fuels. The scary thing is the world is well on its way there. Since the Industrial Revolution, the earth has warmed between 1.1 and 1.3 degree Celsius. This is a problem, that the babies you pass in the streets will have to live with. If not encountered by generation-z, the upcoming will have no other way to get escaped with. Today's children are up to seven percent more likely to face the extreme weather events than their grandparents. The end of the world might have been seen in the fictitious Hollywood, but in reality, this film will show us the scenario in a looming way. This seemingly snail's pace rise in global temperature would affect anyone, whether impoverished or wealthy _ and no-one would be immune to the consequences. A world, if not prepared for these sort of eventualities might really be an unpleasant place. . Hitherto, many developed cities have gotten off lightly, while some rustic parts are afflicting with disproportionately. The vulnerability particularly is at large for the small scale farmers producing a third of the global food supply. These are over 600 million around the world in number. Dry corridors where climate change is forging dry seasons longer culminating in less yield, specifically in Central America are prone to droughts. Migration from this region i.e. Guatemala has quadruple since 1990. One fourth of the world population could face extreme droughts for at least a month of the year owing to the three degree rise. Nonetheless, too much water would be a problem for some. 10 percent of the world population lives on a coastline having less than 10 meter altitude. In sum, a three degree world would spell disasters for these coastal abodes. To this end, desertification, rising sea level, extreme heatwaves, high intensity precipitation, droughts and even fire_ that has burnt up several wilds in Greece, Turkey, a few parts of the world and has been doing so in Pakistan for the last 2 years_ will be its disastrous fallouts. The rising temperature could breach 1.5 degree celsius by 2040 and 2 degree celsius by middle of the century, said the IPCC AR-6. The report has been termed as " The Red Code for Humanity ". Owing to it, the Arctic is alarmingly becoming ice free that would result in addition to the rising sea level. Despite these looming activities, the world's leaders remain confined to their promises just. " We understand that the world is very complex and that change doesn't happen over night. But you have now had more than three decades of blah blah blah. How many more do you need?" A young Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg raises her concern in this way. Who is to blame for all this mess up? The capitalism, boosting industrialization and the quest to become richer are constantly in a race of extractivism_ extracting and exploiting natural resources leaving the earth at the mercy of nature. Pakistan, one of the most vulnerable country in South Asia is suffering from its adverse impacts. Its resources are depleting at a frightening impetus. It is heading towards severe water scarcity, because, it remains in the top water scarce countries having per capita water availability is 860 cubic meter. By 2035, this dwindling availability will make Pakistan one of the Absolute water scarce country. The city of Lahore has become one of the most polluted city popping up in a smoggy climate that haunts its dwellers. This capitalistic instigated climate change is pounding the developing countries in a more grating way, albeit contributing much less. The prognosis discussion of this ever-lasting malady is only bounded to the summits and conferences. No concrete steps are yet to be seen. To cope with this exigency, we all together must ponder to find a way out. Under the current capital system, the adverse shifts in climate is inevitable. The bottom line is that " our economic system and our planetary system are now at odds." This is to say that climate needs to abstain from collapse is a contraction in humanity's use of resources. We ought to make a choice; either to be extinguished by keeping continue the current economic model or to choose saving the planet.