Joint online fight for climate survival

He said that the KU delegation led by Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui attended the conference while Prof Dr Moazzam Ali, Dr Nabeel Ahmed Zuberi, Dr Naveed Tahir, Dr Uzma and Dr Jawed Mustaqeem were also included in the delegation. He said, “Besides Karachi University, Vriji University of Amsterdam, European University Italy and Global Environment, MOST, China were also launching the same degree, adding students from all over the world will be eligible for participating in the programme.

It is worth mentioning here that experts and scientists are mainly focusing on the importance of climate change and trying to educate and train more scientists in this field as dramatic changes have been occurring in the Arctic during the past decade.

These changes include unusual melting of glaciers, sea ice, permafrost, shifts in patterns of rain and snow fall, freshwater runoff and forest/tundra growth. The consequences include disrupted wildlife migration patterns, altered fish stocks, modified agricultural zones and increased forest fires. He These changes have impacted the lives of native residents who depend on environment for a continuation of their traditional subsistence and lifestyle and may also have significant impacts on the oil industry, tourism and shipping routes.