 I have never been to the sea before. I have never been to the sea before. I have never been to the sea before. I have never been to the sea before. I have never been to the sea before. Pakistan's 1100 kilometer long coastal line stretching from Gawadah to Karachi is one of the best coastal areas in the world due to its beauty, magnificence and its various types of habitats. Its natural beauty, long coastal line and full of marine life has turned it into a paradise for the visitors, environmentalists and the fishermen. Pakistan's largest city Karachi, home to around 20 million people with its massive billion dollar economy, is at risk of being submerged by the sea. I am not afraid of the sea because I am a fisherman. I have never been to the sea before. I have never been to the sea before. I have never been to the sea before. I have never been to the sea before. I have never been to the sea before. Geographically, the coastal belt of Sindh and Balatistan has witnessed tsunamis in the past triggered by earthquakes and the emergence of islands in the coastal areas. A deadly earthquake in 1945 occurred 100 miles south of Karachi in the northern Arabian Sea triggered a tsunami which resulted in the loss of over 4,000 lives. Abdul survived one of such disaster. When I was 7 years old, the water was so big that it was just a small amount of salt. I was saved. The sea was on my head. I did my best to save it. I was saved by the sea. I was saved by the sea. I was saved by the sea. I was saved by the sea. I was saved by the sea. I was saved by the sea. Pakistan is the 8th most vulnerable country in the world to climate change. April 2022 was the hottest since 1961. 5 degree higher than usual and an alarming situation for Pakistan. With more than 7,000, Pakistan has more glaciers than anywhere else except the polar regions. But climate change is eating them away at a dramatic rate. By the end of the century, as many as 2,000 of them along the Hindu Kush and Himalayan range may be gone. This is 4.5 millimetre per year. The global warming has increased by 2 degrees compared to today's global temperatures from pre-industrial era. The sea surface temperature increases and the water expands. These are the reasons why the United Nations Secretary General said that there is only one solution, only one solution if we go back to, or if we go back to alternate energy. And if you go to alternate energy, then you can contain these things. The country's main port, which accounts for around 42% of national GDP is skeptical to climatic disasters due to deep seas, unusual underground geographical changes, its location and fast-growing urban populations along the coast. Tsunami Early Warning Centre recorded four earthquakes of different magnitude in Karachi in 2021. Even a small increase in sea level can have devastating effects on coastal habitats and the farther inland. It can cause destructive erosion, wetland flooding, agricultural soil contamination and lost habitat for fish, birds and plants. Why is this happening and what can we do to adapt? We need more water, and coral reefs need fresh water. Because of more turbulence, their growth will also have an effect. We get the most typical example of sea turtle. The population of sea turtles is declined. And habitat changing means that all these fishes or marine organisms, which naturally were in the environment, have become altered. It means that they have to shift to some sort of optimum conditions, or to a suitable place for them. It means that there will be a shift of population of some certain animals from one place to another. According to the most recent special report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the oceans are expected to rise between 10 and 30 inches by 2100 with temperatures warming 1.5 degrees Celsius. Rising sea levels create not only stress on the physical coastline but also on coastal ecosystems. That's enough to seriously affect many of the cities. People will inevitably suffer. We are unemployed. We are in debt. What will we do? The system is over. The man is over. The entire system is running. This is God's system. And the system of water is also running. It comes up for 6 hours. It goes down for 6 hours. If the storm comes, it causes a lot of trouble. A lot of sea turtles are drowned in the storm. We don't have any more problems with the sea. We don't believe in science. There is no other option. Unfortunately, there is growing evidence indicating that water resources will change in both quantity and quality and Karachi could be completely submerged by 2060. Temperatures there have already been the highest in 74 years and by 2030, property damage due to coastal storm surges and rising sea levels is set to increase 10-fold. Climate change is coming. It has a big indicator or a big drive-in force ocean. Its impacts are very obvious on our coast. The number of cyclones is increasing. Sea level is rising, sea water is intruding. When sea water is intruding, obviously coastal erosion increases. In our region, sea level rises have a lot of impacts on low-line areas. It is the same as land subsidence. Land subsidence is the opposite of land subsidence. The cumulative effect of these three processes is very identified on our coast. A significant part of Karachi's Malia area had already been affected by sea water and the city would not be safe unless steps are taken to rectify the situation. The sea used to be behind us. We used to have houses on this side of the sea. The sea gradually increased due to the sea. The sea used to cut our houses. The water used to be behind us. In 2015, the water in our mosque was destroyed by the sea water. The water came in. All the water that was seen in the sea was in the sea. In 2013, Karitas Pakistan gave us training on the river. We created a DMC team on our group. Whenever God does not do anything, such a problem arises. When we look at the water, we find out how the water is coming up from the jet. Then we take out the team and give people fire warling. If the water from the mosque directly touches the sea, it will break our mosque. The coastal cities in Balatista in province would face a tsunami threat due to rising sea levels. More than 2 km of coastal land had been submerged due to sea water intrusion in the past 35 years. In Karachi, the average mean sea level rose to 1.1 mm per year. Land subsidence is occurring in the Indus Delta every year. The Arabian Sea has intruded nearly 70 km, destroying large swathes of agricultural land in Thatta and Badin districts by turning its saline. More than 3 million acres of agricultural land has been submerged in Badin, Thatta and Sajawal districts. Nazim is desperate for fresh water to drink and cultivate his lands. He has sent all the land to the island. He has given them a lot of water. He has given them a lot of water. He has given them a lot of water. He has given them a lot of water. He has given them a lot of water. The sea level is increasing day by day. The land is being submerged near the sea. People are saying that the sea is far away and the sea is coming nearer. There is a river in the middle called Nari Dan, which is the largest river in Pakistan. According to that river, if the river is coming from the shore, then the land is being submerged because of that river. The situation demands that not only the policy makers and the relevant administrative authorities, but also the public should take strong and immediate steps to contain carbon dioxide emissions and global warming. It's the need of the time to think, to plan and act to ensure the safety of lives of the generations to come. Water. Whether be it a stream, canal, river, sea or an ocean, humans can survive only if they behave sensibly towards it. Would the sea remain silent and do nothing if the temperature rise? If glacier melt? And if we keep on encroaching its territory? What will happen if sea runs over us with its raging tides? If the world fails to contain a temperature rise under 1.5 degree by the end of this century, what will happen? We have to think about it. And act.