Climate Change Effects and Relationship with Violent Conflicts in Pakistan

Abstract

Pakistan has been blessed with a diverse landscape. Diversity is important for prosperity, leading to peace. However, drastic climate change has a direct effect on human security. This paper aims to examine how human security is being threatened by climate change in Pakistan. A continuous decline of natural resources and agricultural products is affecting our national security by disturbing our relationship with neighbouring countries and augmenting ethnonationalism. The marginalisation of masses amidst economic disparity will adversely affect Pakistan as climate change will inhibit the state’s capability to govern. This study of urbanisation and agricultural disputes under elitist control over natural resources reveals how the marginalisation of masses is threatening the legitimacy of the state. Climate change threatens to widen the disparity between rural and urban life and agricultural and industrial sectors.