Sir: According to media reports, Pakistan’s vulnerability to the impacts of climate change has been increasing with the passage of time, despite that its contribution to the global warming is very much negligible. It is currently on 7th position among the world top ten countries vulnerable to the vagaries of climate change and global warming. The country’s greenhouse gas emission is less than a percent of global emission, but still it is most vulnerable to its impacts. In 2015, Pakistan was at the 8th position and now it is on 7th place among top 10 countries of the world which are most vulnerable to the climate change. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has warned of ill-timed rains in the country in future due to climate change which will threaten crops. The future projections indicate that there will be no significant change in rainfall amount due to climate change, but its temporal and spatial distribution will be highly influenced due to climate change. Thus the untimely rains may threaten the crop production in future, increasing losses at maturity stage. Also, the temperatures are likely to increase at the rate 0.40C per decade in agricultural plains of Punjab and Sindh and thus ultimately increasing water requirement of crops. The hot weather conditions could retard the crops’ growth and development. Research has shown that high temperatures, coupled with abnormally wet summer climatic conditions in cotton zone could help pathogens grow to hamper good crop yields. In the absence of adaptation measures, the anticipated losses and uncertainty in crop production will be magnified many times over the prevailing scenarios. The PMD research indicated that temperatures in agricultural plains had risen over the last 60 years and the increase in the recent two decades was higher than the previous. The untimely rains have significantly impacted the crop production especially rains at the time of harvesting and threshing cause pre and post-harvest losses. Abnormally wet weather conditions at critical stages of crop growth and development promoted the growth of insects and pest which reduced the quantity and quality of yield. In view of the above, there is a strong need on the part of all concerned to give a thoughtful consideration to this matter of national importance. KHAN FARAZ Peshawar