Climate Change And The Sustainability Challenges In Developing Region:Knowledge,Belief&Political Imperatives

'Climate Change' is taking the strategic position in the international and national politics around the globe and become a national security preference on social and economic fronts.In the recent decade,different developing nations have started considering 'Climate Change' as an integral part of the political campaigns and sustainable development strategies.The study briefly analyze the construct of national security,Science Literacy,Economic Growth,Climate Change Communication and compared the attributes related to 'Climate Change'.The study highlights the climate change communication in developing region and how it is shaping the perception of public.The study analyzes the effects of socio-psychological,economic and political factors on pro-environmental behavior.The study collects data from 1532 respondents through survey based on structured questionnaire from Pakistan.The study applies SEM based model to quantify the pro-environmental behavior of voters in terms of mitigation and adaptation.Climate Change Belief appears to be the strongest explanatory variable to determine the pro-environmental behavior.Environmental quality appears to be the most explaining exogenous variable followed by Climate Change knowledge where trust in politics appears to be the least explanatory variable in predicting Belief in Climate Change and Source Credibility.Belief comparatively explain pro-environmental behavior more than source credibility.The mitigation actions appears to be more acceptable for respondents than adaptation.The study analyzes the Climate Change Politicization by qualitatively examining the manifestos of the main stream political parties for the general election 2018 in Pakistan.To verify the views expressed in party manifesto and finding from the primary data,the study conducts face to face interviews with Politicians from legislative assembly of the Punjab,the largest province of Pakistan.The study triangulates the primary survey of voters with SEM base quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis of manifestos of political parties with the results of the interviews conducted from Politicians.The finding highlight public' understanding of 'socio-scientific issues,and how political parties are framing and communicating about 'Climate Change',and how they play a significant role in promoting Climate Change actions.Different political systems process same scientific data to develop different Climate Change strategies and actions.It is important to understand the knowledge,belief and political imperatives in developing region as they have to handle Climate Change along with other social and economic challenges.The study concludes that'Climate Change Communication',should be encouraged as political agenda to enhance political engagement.Climate Change holds a critical role in developing regions,future political discourse to shape sustainable development policies,enhancing the belief of citizens on causes of Climate Change and to restore the political trust of people to handle these changes.