Relationship of Energy Projects in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with Public Health: A Mediating Role of Climatic Change
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CPEC is the main vain for China’s incentive of One Belt One Road (OBOR) and will connect China to the rest of the world through different land and sea routes However, there are very few studies that examine the benefits of CPEC for the local community regardless of the fact that CPEC has positive as well as negative consequences. Especially with respect to culture, and environment, and climate therefore, a study is mandatory which examines the environmental harms of CEPC. However, secondary data is required to gauge all forms of environmental consequences like bio-diversity and wildlife etc.Therefore, this study is specifically focused on climatic consequences of CPEC & their impact on public health. To attain the purpose, study has been supplemented with convenience sampling from inhabitants of associated areas of CPEC. Results established through SMART-PLS revealed that CPEC is one of the major reasons to cause climatic drift.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v9i4.770
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