FWU Journal of Social Sciences, Summer 2015, Vol.9, No.1, 89-98 89 Climate Change: Region and Season Specific Agriculture Impact Assessment (Thirty Year Analysis of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa i.e.1980-2010) Samreen Babar Iqra University Islamabad Safia Gul Higher Education Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Amjad Amin University of Peshawar Israr Mohammad Preston University, Peshawar 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. Key words: Climate Change, Rabi Crop, Kharif Crop, Temperature and Rainfall. Climate change is a condition that has evolved due to release of greenhouse gases i.e. from fuel combustion, urbanization, industrialization and deforestation. It has subsequently caused alterations in solar energy, temperature and precipitation patterns. (Upreti, 1999) It is a real threat to life, which greatly distresses water resources, freshwater habitats, coastal regions, agriculture, flora, forests and snow cover. It has also affected the geological processes of snow cover melting, land sliding, land desertification and heavy floods. All of which have long-term consequences on food security and human health. (Malla, 2008) It is one of the most fierce problem, sever than terrorism menace, faced by nations. (King, 2004) Maplecroft (2010) is a British risk assessment consultancy, ranks countries by their anticipated climate susceptibility over the next 30 years. It ranks Pakistan in the 20th most climate-vulnerable countries globally. The stern droughts of 1990`s and intense floods of 2010 all are the aftermaths of climate change in Pakistan. Climate impact assessment is performed by numerous organizations and agencies, to draw the concerned authorities’ attention towards the issue. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Samreen Babar, Lecturer, Management Science Department, Bahria University Islamabad Email: samreenbabar@hotmail.com The utmost current impact of climate change is seen in floods of 2010 & 2011.It demolished thousands of villages of Pakistan. An estimated 14% i.e. 3.4 million hector area of cultivable land was shattered by 2010 floods. A loss of 1764 human life, human injures of 2697 and 1.85 million of houses damage was reported. The re-establishment and restoration of the flood effectees costed approximately 8-9 billion rupees (Mustafa, 2011). Statistics shows that the greatest hit among the provinces of the country was the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. The total people effected by the flood were 2349 in KP, among them 1156 lost their lives and 0.2 million houses wrecked. (Mustafa, 2011) The country's social, political and economic system suffered and thus instigated an economic impediment. Climate change is a universal dispute; questioned at all fronts, whether it's social, political, scientific or economic. Concrete actions must be executed to ensure climate prevention and protection. There is a need on all stratums of society to comprehend climate, the issues of climate change and its influence on our economy as a whole and agriculture sector in particular. The agriculture sector is highly susceptible to climate change. Higher temperatures while encouraging weed and pest production, ultimately decrease yields of desirable crops. Fluctuations in precipitation patterns raise the short-run crop malfunction and drops long-run production yields. Though there is an escalation in some crops production in certain regions of the world, the