Pakistan, May 11 -- With the arrival of summer comes the news that 2025 might be the hottest year in history. But what does it mean, just another season of scorching heat? The answer is no. It would have complex implications for the environment and human life. The change in precipitation patterns, melting of glaciers, risk of flooding, and relative impacts on agriculture would be more likely than before. Developing countries with inefficient infrastructure, overpopulation, agricultural economies, and administrative shortcomings are particularly vulnerable to persisting climate crises. Pakistan is among the top ten of them.

In 2022, it ranked number one in the Climate Risk Index, with historic floods being a wakeup call. The destructive f...