1. Impact of Climate Change on Human Health and Well-Being
Dr. A. Karim Ahmed
Director of International Program
National Council for Science and the Environment
Washington, DC
Khwarizmi Science Society
Lahore College for Women University
Lahore, Pakistan
March 29, 2012

2. Climate Change and Public Health Giving it a Human Face!

3. Magnitude of Health Impacts of Climate Change: 4th Assessment Report (IPCC, 2007)

4. WHO Estimated Mortality Attributable to Climate Change (~ 150,000 / year)

5. Glacier Melting in the Himalayas – Basic Information (UNEP, 2007)
Glaciers occupy 85,000 square kilometers of the Himalayan Mountains
There are 15,000 glaciers and 9,000 glacial lakes in the Himalayan Mountain range stretching 2,500 kilometers across Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, India and China
The Himalayan Mountain range feeds water to 9 perennial river systems, including the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers that provides lifeline to nearly 1.3 billion people
Himalayan glaciers are shrinking at an average of 10 – 60 meters annually.
In Bhutan, the Luggye Glacier has retreated by 160 meters yearly from 1988 to In Nepal, in the Dudh Koshi sub-basin, glaciers have retreated by 10 – 59 meters per year.

6. Snow Cover Changes in the Hindu Kush, Himalayan & Tibetan Highland Region (2002 – 2010) Earth Satellite Monitoring Data
Ref: ICIMOD, 2011

7. Indus River Basin Flooding, 2010 & 2011…

8. Pakistan Flooding / Russian Heat-wave
The Toll in 2010
Pakistan: Over 307,000 sq miles flooded; 20 million people affected, with 2000 deaths
Russia: Heatwaves & wildfires caused 56,000 deaths; $15 billion estimated damage
Shahdadkot, Sindh Province
300 Russian wild-fires, 2010
Baldin District, Sindh, Sept 2011