Climate Change and Climate Action in Afghanistan Report 2022

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN
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Climate Change and Climate Action in Afghanistan
Climate change and climate action in Afghanistan
Introduction
One of the outlined sustainable development goals is goal number 13 that regards climate
action. Climate change is being treated as a matter of urgency owing to the fact that all countries
are currently experiencing the effects of drastic climate change across the world, a situation that
would hinder the development prospects of future generations. (Usman, 2012)
Climate change has been attributed mainly to the increasing emissions of greenhouse
gases to the atmosphere by various human activities, human processes and other natural
processes. Continuous global warming could lead to adverse and long-lasting effects starting
from a change in the climate system, which can be irreversible. Greenhouse gas emissions occur
from various sources and causes such as combustion of fossil fuels by millions of vehicles,
cooking at homes and industrial processes. Deforestation causes an increase in the levels of
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, since trees and other green plants take up carbon dioxide for
photosynthesis. (Reuben, 2014).
Evidently, human activities can be the major cause of global warming, implying that
some measures can be employed to mitigate the menace. Various nations are working towards
implementing policies and laws to reduce climate change and avoid its adverse effects. This
report concerns the domestic policies that Afghanistan is implementing to address the issue of
climate change and global warming.
Climate Change governance in Afghanistan
The menace of climate change in Afghanistan has been addressed and fully covered by
climate change governance of the country. Climate change governance herein refers to the
relevant national government institutions in Afghanistan that oversee the impacts of climate
change, carry out research, raising awareness, setting climate change policies, plans and
strategies to address the impacts of climate change. One of the major tasks of the climate change
governance in Afghanistan is setting and implementing domestic policies aimed at reducing
climate change and global warming, apart from mitigating its effects. (Jawid, 2019)The
government of Afghanistan has put in place various policies to help in mitigating the effects of
climate change, strategies to see to it that citizens to adapt to the current situation of climate
change and measures to minimize climate change contributing factors.