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Climate change is one of the most important global environmental challenges facing humanity, with implications for food

production, natural ecosystems, fresh water supply, health, etc. The harmful impacts of climate change are already manifesting themselves around the world in the form of extreme weather events like storms, cyclones, floods, droughts that are mounting in frequency and intensity.

The temperature records of Pakistan show that the country has experienced one of the highest temperatures in the world, in Mohenjo-Daro, Sindh, 53.5 C (128.3 F) on 26th May, 2010. While a record breaking rainfall of 274mm (10.7 inches) was recorded in Peshawar in 24 hours span. The earlier record was of 187 mm (7.36 inches) of rain in April 2009.

Pakistan is among the top ten countries most affected by climate change. As a matter of fact, change is already in evidence, weather-related disasters having more than tripled since 1980. Pakistan is situated in such a temperate zone of the world where it faces an arid climate with weather extremes, both in summers and winters.

Beginning from year, 1950, flooding killed 2,910 people. Since July 01, 1977 until mid August 2011 (34 years), heavy rains and flooding claimed lives of over 6500 people. In July 1977 rains in Karachi killed 248 people In 1993, monsoon rains causes floods which killed 3,084 people in the country.

In 2003, Sindh province was badly affected due to monsoon rains that caused damages in billions of rupees and killed 178 people. In 2007, Cyclone Yemyin submerged lower part of Balochistan province in sea water killing 380 people. The cyclone also killed 213 people in Karachi on its way to Balochistan. In Mid-July till MidAugust 2010

In mid August 2011, monsoon rains played havoc once again in Sindh province and parts of Balochistan and South Punjab after the countrywide 2010 floods. About 400 people were killed in 2011 floods, 5.3 million people were affected. The floods destroyed crops on 1.7 million acre

Climate in Bangaladesh
From 1977 to 1986, annual rainfall in that region ranged between 328 and 478 centimeters peryear Average daily humidity ranged from March lows of between 45 and 71 percent to July highs of between 84 and 92 percent, based on readings taken at selected stations nationwide in 1986.

About 80 percent of Bangladesh's rain falls during the monsoon season. Between 1947 and 1988, thirteen severe cyclones hit Bangladesh, causing enormous loss of life and property. In May 1985, for example, a severe cyclonic storm packing 154 kilometer-per-hour winds and waves 4 meters high swept into southeastern and southern Bangladesh, killing more than 11,000 persons

damaging more than 94,000 houses, killing some 135,000 head of livestock, and damaging nearly 400 kilometers of critically needed embankments in 1988 two-thirds of Bangladesh's sixty-four districts experienced extensive flood damage in the wake of unusually heavy rains that flooded the river systems Millions were left homeless and without potable water

About 2 million tons of crops were reported destroyed, Half of Dhaka, including the runways at the Zia International Airport--an important transit point for disaster relief supplies--was flooded. Annual monsoon flooding results in the loss of human life, damage to property and communication systems, and a shortage of drinking water, which leads to the spread of disease...

POPULATION OF PAKISTAN
The Population; total in Pakistan was last reported at 173593383.00 in 2010, according to a World Bank report released in 2011. It is increasing day by day very repidly Due to large many problems aries: unemployment, poverty, educational and so many others.

POPULATION OF BANGALADESH
. In global context, Bangladesh is now worlds eighth populous country having 148.5 million people, but occupying only 3000th part of the worlds land space About 2.3 million people are currently being added to its existing population Bangladesh comprise worlds one-fourth population and contribute 24% to its annual increase of 80 million people.

Therefore, focus on population increase lies in south Asia in which Bangladesh portion appears to be most volatile because of high population density, poor land-man ratio, slow economic growth, massive unemployment, huge working age population relative to the size of job market etc.

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