{"id":3157,"date":"2023-10-28T14:36:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T14:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=3157"},"modified":"2023-10-28T14:36:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T14:36:37","slug":"increase-in-temperature-levels-will-exacerbate-the-situation-in-the-future-qasim-jan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=3157","title":{"rendered":"Increase in temperature levels will exacerbate the situation in the future, Qasim Jan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" data-id=\"3158\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG-20231028-WA0049-1024x561.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG-20231028-WA0049-1024x561.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG-20231028-WA0049-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG-20231028-WA0049-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG-20231028-WA0049-1536x842.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG-20231028-WA0049.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : The three-day International Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Risk organised by China-Pakistan Joint Research Centre on Earth Sciences (CPJRC), Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) in collaboration with Chinese Academy of Science, Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan Academy of Science (PAS) and International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research concluded at QAU. The objective of the conference was to explore the impact of climate change on natural disasters, reduce disaster risk, and raise people&#8217;s awareness of preventing disasters and mitigating disaster effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While addressing the closing ceremony, Caretaker Minister for Higher Education, Muhammad Qasim Jan, emphasised the importance of energy conservation. He stated, &#8220;The increase in temperature and ocean surface levels will exacerbate the situation in the future. It&#8217;s time to persuade policymakers and society as a whole to transition towards alternative sources of energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairperson of the Department of Earth Sciences and Project Director (CPJRC) Dr. Mumtaz Shah said, the climate change, has been aggravating natural disasters in recent years, has become a global concern. The unprecedented flood in Pakistan in 2022 is a particular example. \u201cIts a global phenomenon, and global collaboration is necessary to tackle the problem.&#8221; He added. Dr. Mumtaz Shah said that Pakistan Joint Research Centre on Earth Sciences (CPJRC) at Quaid-i-Azam University will serve as a platform for joint research and collaboration in the fields of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The experts were of the opinion that natural disasters pose a common challenge for humanity today and have a devastating impact on the security of people&#8217;s lives, property, and sustainable development. Over the course of the three-day conference, a total of 14 keynote speakers and 125 presenters shared cutting-edge research on the topic. The conference was attended by a large number of faculty members, students, scholars, government officials, and policymakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad : The three-day International Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Risk organised by China-Pakistan Joint Research Centre on Earth Sciences (CPJRC), Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) in collaboration with Chinese Academy&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3159,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3157\/revisions\/3159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}