Climate change will exacerbate population exposure to future heat waves in the China-Pakistan economic corridor

Climate change will exacerbate population exposure to future heat waves in the China-Pakistan economic corridor

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a climate change-sensitive region, facing frequent and intense heat waves (HWs). The CPEC is expected to experience a simultaneous increase in population and temperature in the coming decades, which could exacerbate human exposure to future HWs. However...

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Main Authors: Safi Ullah, Qinglong You, Waheed Ullah, D.A. Sachindra, Amjad Ali, Asher Samuel Bhatti, Gohar Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-06-01
Series:Weather and Climate Extremes
Subjects:
Population exposure
Heat waves
China-Pakistan Economic corridor (CPEC)
Shared socioeconomic pathway (SSP)
Coupled model intercomparison project 6 (CMIP6)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094723000233

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