Abstract
The world is confronting the changing climate conditions in the form of flash floods, severe droughts,
forceful thunder storms, sporadic rains, flooded plains, desolate land, water accumulation and water
dearth. The objective of this research study is to perceive the intense climate change in Pakistan and find
out the ways for future adaptation and mitigation against it. Flash flood of 2010 was the compelling force to
initiate the climate impact assessment study. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was among the provinces viciously
distressed by the flood event of 2010. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by ecological topography can be divided into
three regions i.e. the northern, the central and the southern regions. This study attempts to quantify the
climate changing impacts on the three ecological regions of the province, in terms of crop production. The
environmental as well as the econometric analysis of the study indicates that climate change put punitive
impacts on crop production in the southern part of the province. Central region is facing a temperate
impact and the northern part shows a definite positive impact
