People of resilience: Pakistan

As the globe warms up due to cliamte change, the glaciers of Gilgit Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan are melting at an incredibly fast pace, causing Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs). 3,000 glacial lakes have been formed due to the rising temperatures, out of which 33 are prone to GLOFs, which pose extreme danger to human lives and habitations; indiscriminately destroying homes, fields, livestock, and infrastructure.    

 

Subhan, a student shares his thoughts with the GLOF-II project team on the melting of the glaciers close to his home in Ghulkin valley-Hunza, Pakistan.