Pakistan is particularly vulnerable to which of the following climate-related risks?

Correct answer: Floods, heatwaves and glacial melt. Pakistan is particularly vulnerable to floods, heatwaves and glacial melt.

Background: It also faces droughts and changing rainfall patterns, so adaptation, resilient infrastructure, water management and disaster preparedness are national priorities.

• Sea-level rise only: Sea-level rise does affect coastal areas, but 'only' makes this wrong.
• Volcanic eruptions only: Volcanic eruptions are not a climate-related risk.
• Polar ice storms: Polar ice storms are not relevant to Pakistan.

Did you know? The 2022 floods showed the country's vulnerability to extreme weather.

Memory trick: Floods, Heat, Glaciers.