current affairs MCQ #10649

A water resources engineer in Pakistan's Indus Waters context notes that climate change is fundamentally altering river flows in the Indus basin by accelerating glacial melt in the short term while threatening long-term water availability. She presents this to a parliamentary committee as a climate-security nexus issue. Which analytical framework best captures how climate change transforms a hydrological resource challenge into a geopolitical security risk?

current affairs MCQ #10649

  1. Question 1

    Q1. A water resources engineer in Pakistan's Indus Waters context notes that climate change is fundamentally altering river flows in the Indus basin by accelerating glacial melt in the short term while threatening long-term water availability. She presents this to a parliamentary committee as a climate-security nexus issue. Which analytical framework best captures how climate change transforms a hydrological resource challenge into a geopolitical security risk?

    • A) The Malthusian population trap theory which predicts resource scarcity-driven conflict when population growth exceeds environmental carrying capacity
    • B) The Dependency Theory which argues that climate vulnerability is manufactured by unequal terms of trade between industrialized and developing nations
    • C) The Heartland Theory of geopolitics which identifies river basin control as the primary determinant of regional power in South Asia
    • D) The climate-security nexus framework which identifies climate as a threat multiplier that intensifies existing resource competition, migration pressures, and state fragility risks particularly in transboundary river systems

    Answer: The climate-security nexus framework which identifies climate as a threat multiplier that intensifies existing resource competition, migration pressures, and state fragility risks particularly in transboundary river systems

    Explanation: The climate-security nexus framework treats climate change as a threat multiplier that amplifies existing vulnerabilities such as water scarcity, agricultural instability, displacement, and interstate tensions, particularly in transboundary river systems like the Indus Basin shared by Pakistan, India, China, and Afghanistan.